I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

  • NR
  • 04/28/1979 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 36m

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.

Maya Angelou

Novel, Writer

Fielder Cook

Director

Leonora Thuna

Writer

Cast

Paul Benjamin's headshot

Paul Benjamin

Freeman
Diahann Carroll's headshot

Diahann Carroll

Vivian
Ruby Dee's headshot

Ruby Dee

Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley's headshot

Roger E. Mosley

Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle's headshot

Esther Rolle

Momma
Madge Sinclair's headshot

Madge Sinclair

Miss Flowers
Sonny Jim Gaines's headshot

Sonny Jim Gaines

Uncle Willie
Art Evans's headshot

Art Evans

Principal

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