
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
4.2
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Apr 28, 1979 (US)
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Drama, TV Movie
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01:36
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.
Featured Crew
Director
Novel, Writer
Writer
Editor
Casting
Art Direction
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Executive Producer
Producer
Cast

Paul Benjamin
Freeman

Diahann Carroll
Vivian

Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter

Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.

Esther Rolle
Momma

Madge Sinclair
Miss Flowers

Sonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie

Art Evans
Principal

Constance Good
Maya

John M. Driver II
Bailey, Jr.