I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

1979-04-28 United States of America 96 Min. PG-13
3.7 7 votes

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 is Freeman
Freeman
Diahann Carroll is Vivian
Vivian
Ruby Dee is Grandmother Baxter
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley is Bailey, Sr.
Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle is Momma
Momma
Madge Sinclair is Miss Flowers
Miss Flowers
Sonny Jim Gaines is Uncle Willie
Uncle Willie
Art Evans is Principal
Principal
Constance Good is Maya
Maya
John M. Driver II is Bailey, Jr.
Bailey, Jr.
Georgia Allen is Mrs. Gurney
Mrs. Gurney
J. Don Ferguson is Mr. Donleavy
Mr. Donleavy

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