Maya Angelou: A Song Flung up to Heaven

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Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies.

Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies, that are amongst the most beautiful, joyous and haunting portraits of 20th-century black America ever

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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies: A Song Flung up to Heaven: Episode 2

A Song Flung up to Heaven

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Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the Watts race riots of 1965

Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the devastation of the Watts race riots of 1965. Starring Pippa Bennett-Warner.

Maya has started to write but takes on market research work to supplement it in Watts, Los Angeles.  

She sees there first hand the devastation of the race riots of 1965. 

Maya also gets a surprise call connected to her past in Ghana.

Maya Angelou's memoir dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Narrator, Older Maya ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Pippa Bennett-Warner
Phil/Rioter ...... Don Gilet
Sheikhali/Rioter ...... Daniel Adegboyega 

Director:  Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2019.

Maya Angelou's Autobiographies: A Song Flung up to Heaven

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Sixth and final drama series of Maya's Angelou's amazing autobiographies.

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