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鈥淚 had laughed and cried, exalted and mourned鈥�
While working as a dancer in San Francisco, a young Maya Angelou is enchanted by a life-changing performance of Porgy and Bess.
In this dramatisation of Dr. Angelou鈥檚 iconic third memoir, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, Maya is played by Pippa Bennett-Warner and the narrator (older Maya) by Adjoa Andoh.
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