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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1h 36 min

1979

USA

7.1

Based on writer Maya Angelou's childhood, this story is about a young girl in the South who is sent to live with her grandmother after her parents divorce.

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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

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Miss Flowers

Sonny Jim Gaines

Uncle Willie

Art Evans

Art Evans

Principal

Constance Good

Maya

John Driver

Bailey Jr.