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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Release Date: 28 Apr 1979

Runtime: 1h 36m

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Director: Tomorrow Entertainment

Production Companies: Tomorrow Entertainment

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 4.25 (8 votes)

Cast

  • Freeman: Paul Benjamin
  • Vivian: Diahann Carroll
  • Grandmother Baxter: Ruby Dee
  • Bailey, Sr.: Roger E. Mosley
  • Momma: Esther Rolle
  • Miss Flowers: Madge Sinclair
  • Uncle Willie: Sonny Jim Gaines
  • Principal: Art Evans
  • Maya: Constance Good
  • Bailey, Jr.: John M. Driver II
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