I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

04/28/1979 (US) • 1h 36m

Drama, TV Movie

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.

Top Billed Cast

Ruby Dee

Grandmother Baxter

Roger E. Mosley

Bailey, Sr.

Madge Sinclair

Miss Flowers

Sonny Jim Gaines

Uncle Willie

Art Evans

Principal


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

trauma

racism

based on memoir or autobiography

childhood

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