I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
1979 · 1h 36m · Drama, TV Movie
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
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.
Director: Fielder Cook
Writers: Maya Angelou, Leonora Thuna
Music by: Peter Matz
Cinematography: Ralph Woolsey
Editor: Frank J. Urioste
Cast
Paul Benjamin as FreemanDiahann Carroll as VivianRuby Dee as Grandmother BaxterRoger E. Mosley as Bailey, Sr.Esther Rolle as MommaMadge Sinclair as Miss FlowersSonny Jim Gaines as Uncle WillieArt Evans as PrincipalConstance Good as MayaJohn M. Driver II as Bailey, Jr.Georgia Allen as Mrs. GurneyJ. Don Ferguson as Mr. DonleavyMore like this
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