I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1979)

40

1h 36m

  • 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.

Cast

  • Paul Benjamin

    Paul Benjamin

    Freeman

  • Diahann Carroll

    Diahann Carroll

    Vivian

  • Ruby Dee

    Ruby Dee

    Grandmother Baxter

  • Roger E. Mosley

    Roger E. Mosley

    Bailey, Sr.

  • Esther Rolle

    Esther Rolle

    Momma

  • Madge Sinclair

    Madge Sinclair

    Miss Flowers

  • Art Evans

    Art Evans

    Principal

  • J. Don Ferguson

    J. Don Ferguson

    Mr. Donleavy

  • Tonea Stewart

    Tonea Stewart

    Lillie

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    Status

    Released (Apr 28, 1979)

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