I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Name: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Director: Fielder Cook
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1979-04-28
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Paul Benjamin, Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Roger E. Mosley, Esther Rolle

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1979 · 96 min · Drama · TV Movie · TMDB 4.3/10

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.

Directed by Fielder Cook

Cast

Paul Benjamin — Freeman
Diahann Carroll — Vivian
Ruby Dee — Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley — Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle — Momma