I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 | 96m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Fielder Cook |
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| Writer: | Leonora Thuna, Maya Angelou |
| Staring: |
| 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 Date: | Apr 28, 1979 |
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| Director: | Fielder Cook |
| Writer: | Leonora Thuna, Maya Angelou |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | trauma, racism, based on memoir or autobiography, childhood |
| Production Companies | Tomorrow Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Tonea Stewart | Lillie |
| Monica Kyles | Julie |
| Rick Salassi | Parmenian |
| Lewis Liddell | Tommy |
| Sammy Liddell | Ira |
| Sylvester Spann | Tutti |
| Shaunery Stevens | Policeman |
| Hosie Phillips | Preacher |
| Myra Jo Arvin | Red |
| George Cummins | Sheriff Rogers |
| Torain | Teacher |
| Darleen Taylor | Girl #1 |
| Laurie Waters | Tall Girl |
| Mose Lee Williams | Mrs. Fletcher #1 |
| Frankie Mitchell | Mrs. Fletcher #2 |
| M.L. Breeland | Mr. Peters |
| Angela Brown | Kitty |
| Abbie Burns | Mary |
| Johnny Lewis | Picker #1 |
| John L. Patterson | Man |
| James Peters | 2nd Man |
| Melvin Kennerly | 3rd Man |
| Shirley Perkins | Woman |
| John C. Roper Jr. | White Man |
| Terri Ann Ross | Small Girl |
| I.D. Thompson | Black Man |
| Darryl Antony Williams | Tommy Valdon |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank J. Urioste | Editor |
| Carl Anderson | Art Direction |
| Ralph Woolsey | Director of Photography |
| Caro Jones | Casting |
| Leonora Thuna | Writer |
| Fielder Cook | Director |
| Maya Angelou | Novel, Writer |
| Peter Matz | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jean Moore Edwards | Producer |
| Thomas W. Moore | Executive Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
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