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Rita Coburn is a Peabody and Emmy Award-Winning Director, Writer, and Producer of radio, television, and film. She has worked on projects such as Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands, and Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Rita Coburn, Peabody and Emmy-Award-Winning director, writer...
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Marian Anderson documentary is directed by Rita Coburn on...
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Rita Coburn is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winner, known for...
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Rita Coburn is known for Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (2022), Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016) and Apollo Live (2012).
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Feb 6, 2017 · After five years planning, shooting and editing, Rita Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules had their documentary, Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, play at Sundance last year. Now their biography of Maya Angelou’s life will be broadcast as part of the American Masters series this month on PBS.
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As CEO of RCW Productions, she produced an Emmy-winning TV documentary and show segments for the Oprah Winfrey show. A published author (books/media), Rita is also a TV/radio interviewer & taught...
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Rita Coburn is a Peabody and Emmy Award-Winning Director, Writer, and Producer with nearly four decades in radio, television, and film.
Rita Coburn-Whack, co-director of American Masters - Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, originally introduced Maya Angelou and Common, who continued to work together and collaborate as...
May 30, 2017 · Filmmakers Rita Coburn-Whack and Bob Hercules knew only one thing for sure about one another when they first met: they both deeply admired the writer and activist Maya Angelou. They were also puzzled by the same thing: Why hadn't anyone yet made a documentary about the icon whose work had galvanized and inspired people for generations?
