I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
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.
- Released
- 1979-04-28
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Fielder Cook
- TMDB rating
- 4.3/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Paul Benjamin as Freeman
- Diahann Carroll as Vivian
- Ruby Dee as Grandmother Baxter
- Roger E. Mosley as Bailey, Sr.
- Esther Rolle as Momma
- Madge Sinclair as Miss Flowers
- Sonny Jim Gaines as Uncle Willie
- Art Evans as Principal
- Constance Good as Maya
- John M. Driver II as Bailey, Jr.
- Georgia Allen as Mrs. Gurney
- J. Don Ferguson as Mr. Donleavy