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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings poster

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (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.

Release: 1979-04-28
Runtime: 96 min
Rating: 4 / 10
Cast
Paul Benjamin
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
Diahann Carroll
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle
Esther Rolle
Momma
Madge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair
Miss Flowers
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Sonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie
Art Evans
Art Evans
Principal
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Constance Good
Maya
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John M. Driver II
Bailey, Jr.
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Georgia Allen
Mrs. Gurney
J. Don Ferguson
J. Don Ferguson
Mr. Donleavy
Tonea Stewart
Tonea Stewart
Lillie
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Monica Kyles
Julie
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Rick Salassi
Parmenian
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Lewis Liddell
Tommy
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Sammy Liddell
Ira
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Sylvester Spann
Tutti