I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1979
1h 36m
4.0

4.0/10

9 votes • View on IMDb
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.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Tomorrow Entertainment
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

trauma racism based on memoir or autobiography childhood

Quick Facts

Release Date April 28, 1979
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0079321

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

Sonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim Gaines

Uncle Willie

Art Evans
Art Evans

Principal

Constance Good
Constance Good

Maya

John M. Driver II
John M. Driver II

Bailey, Jr.

Georgia Allen
Georgia Allen

Mrs. Gurney

J. Don Ferguson
J. Don Ferguson

Mr. Donleavy

Key Crew

Fielder Cook
Director
Maya Angelou
Writer
Thomas W. Moore
Executive Producer
Leonora Thuna
Writer
Jean Moore Edwards
Producer