I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

04/28/1979 (US) DramaTV Movie 1h 36m
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Overview

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.

  1. Maya Angelou

    Novel, Writer

  2. Fielder Cook

    Director

  3. Leonora Thuna

    Writer

Top Billed Cast

  1. Paul Benjamin

    Paul Benjamin

    Freeman

  2. Diahann Carroll

    Diahann Carroll

    Vivian

  3. Ruby Dee

    Ruby Dee

    Grandmother Baxter

  4. Roger E. Mosley

    Roger E. Mosley

    Bailey, Sr.

  5. Esther Rolle

    Esther Rolle

    Momma

  6. Madge Sinclair

    Madge Sinclair

    Miss Flowers

  7. Sonny Jim Gaines

    Uncle Willie

  8. Art Evans

    Art Evans

    Principal

  9. Constance Good

    Maya

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Status Released

Original Language English

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