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1979

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Directed by Fielder Cook

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.

Duration

1h 36m

Released

April 28, 1979

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Cast39

  • Paul Benjamin
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Ruby Dee
  • Roger E. Mosley
  • Esther Rolle
  • Madge Sinclair
  • Sonny Jim Gaines
  • Art Evans
  • Constance Good

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