I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

96 mins | Drama, TV Movie | April 28, 1979

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

96 mins | Drama, TV Movie | April 28, 1979

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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Tomorrow Entertainment Inc.
Original title I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Directors Fielder Cook
Writers Leonora Thuna, Maya Angelou

Cast

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

Sonny Jim Gaines

as Uncle Willie

Art Evans

as Principal

Constance Good

as Maya

John M. Driver II

as Bailey, Jr.

Georgia Allen

as Mrs. Gurney

J. Don Ferguson

as Mr. Donleavy

Tonea Stewart

as Lillie

Monica Kyles

as Julie

Rick Salassi

as Parmenian

Lewis Liddell

as Tommy

Sammy Liddell

as Ira

Sylvester Spann

as Tutti

Shaunery Stevens

as Policeman

Hosie Phillips

as Preacher

Myra Jo Arvin

as Red

George Cummins

as Sheriff Rogers

Torain

as Teacher

Darleen Taylor

as Girl #1

Laurie Waters

as Tall Girl

Mose Lee Williams

as Mrs. Fletcher #1

Frankie Mitchell

as Mrs. Fletcher #2

M.L. Breeland

as Mr. Peters

Angela Brown

as Kitty

Abbie Burns

as Mary

Johnny Lewis

as Picker #1

James Peters

as 2nd Man

Melvin Kennerly

as 3rd Man

Shirley Perkins

as Woman

John C. Roper Jr.

as White Man

Terri Ann Ross

as Small Girl

I.D. Thompson

as Black Man

Darryl Antony Williams

as Tommy Valdon