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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

4.3/10 1979 4K 96 min
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.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Top Cast
Paul Benjamin
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle
Esther Rolle
Momma
Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair
Miss Flowers
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie
Art Evans
Art Evans
Principal
Constance Good
Constance Good
Maya
John M. Driver II
John M. Driver II
Bailey, Jr.

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