I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

April. 28,1979

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Genre：

Drama TV Movie

Keywords：

Racism Based On Memoir Or Autobiography Trauma

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

Art Evans as Principal

Tonea Stewart as Lillie

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