
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1979-04-28
Runtime:
1h 36m
Director:
Fielder Cook
Writer:
Maya Angelou, Leonora Thuna
Top 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.

Georgia Allen
Mrs. Gurney

J. Don Ferguson
Mr. Donleavy
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