
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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.
Release Date: 1979-04-28
Drama
TV Movie
★★★★★★★★★★ (8 votes)
Casts

Paul Benjamin
as Freeman

Diahann Carroll
as Vivian

Ruby Dee
as Grandmother Baxter

Roger E. Mosley
as Bailey, Sr.

Esther Rolle
as Momma

Madge Sinclair
as Miss Flowers

Art Evans
as Principal

J. Don Ferguson
as Mr. Donleavy

Tonea Stewart
as Lillie