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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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4.2/10 • 8

1979-04-28 • 1h 36m

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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.

Directors
Fielder Cook
Writters
Maya Angelou, Leonora Thuna
Editors
Maya Angelou, Leonora Thuna, Frank J. Urioste

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  1. Paul Benjamin

    Paul Benjamin

    Freeman

  2. Diahann Carroll

    Diahann Carroll

    Vivian

  3. Ruby Dee

    Ruby Dee

    Grandmother Baxter

  4. Roger E. Mosley

    Roger E. Mosley

    Bailey, Sr.

  5. Esther Rolle

    Esther Rolle

    Momma

  6. Madge Sinclair

    Madge Sinclair

    Miss Flowers

  7. Sonny Jim Gaines

    Sonny Jim Gaines

    Uncle Willie

  8. Art Evans

    Art Evans

    Principal

  9. Constance Good

    Constance Good

    Maya

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    English
    Budget
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    Keywords
    traumaracismbased on memoir or autobiographychildhood