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.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Fielder Cook
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
4.3/10
10 votes
Rating consensus
43/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Cooler blended reception — weighted ~43/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle
Momma
Madge Sinclair
Miss Flowers
Sonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie
Art Evans
Principal
Constance Good
Maya
John M. Driver II
Bailey, Jr.
Georgia Allen
Mrs. Gurney
J. Don Ferguson
Mr. Donleavy
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Fielder Cook
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