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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1979
Directed byFielder Cook
1h 36m

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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Paul BenjaminFreemanDiahann CarrollVivianRuby Dee
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Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. MosleyBailey, Sr.
Esther RolleMomma
Madge SinclairMiss Flowers
Sonny Jim GainesUncle Willie
Art EvansPrincipal
Constance GoodMaya
John M. Driver IIBailey, Jr.
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DramaTV Movie
STATUSReleased
RATING
4.0

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