I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4.3
10 votes
April 28, 1979
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.
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Cast
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle
Momma
Madge Sinclair
Miss FlowersSonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie
Art Evans
PrincipalConstance Good
MayaJohn M. Driver II
Bailey, Jr.Georgia Allen
Mrs. Gurney
J. Don Ferguson
Mr. Donleavy
Tonea Stewart
LillieMonica Kyles
JulieRick Salassi
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