I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing
Brief Synopsis
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.
Cast & Crew
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Fielder Cook
Director
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E Mosley
Bailey Sr
Esther Rolle
Momma
Film Details
Also Known As
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1979
Production Company
CBS Entertainment
Distribution Company
ThinkFilm (Canada/NY); Live Home Video
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
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.
Director
Fielder Cook
Director
Cast
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E Mosley
Bailey Sr
Esther Rolle
Momma
Madge Sinclair
Miss Flowers
Constance Good
Maya
John M Driver
Bailey Jr
Sonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie
Art Evans
Principal
J Don Ferguson
Mr Donleavy
Georgia Allen
Mrs Gurney
Darleen Taylor
1st Girl
Darrell Williams
Tommy Valdon
Tommie Stewart
Lillie
Jack Stevens
Policeman
Monica Kyles
Julie
Mose Lee Williams
1st Mrs Fletcher
Frankie Mitchell
2nd Mrs Fletcher
Richard Salassi
Parmenian
Lewis Liddell
Tommy
Sammy Liddell
Ira
Sylvester Spann
Tutti
Hosie Phillips
Preacher
Myra Jo Arvin
Red
George Cummins
Sheriff Rogers
Laurie Waters
Tall Girl
M L Breeland
Mr Peters
Angela Brown
Kitty
Abbie Burns
Mary
Johnny Lewis
John L Patterson
Man
James Peters
2nd Man
Melvin Kennerly
3rd Man
Shirley Perkins
Woman
John C Roper
White Man
Terri Ann Ross
Small Girl
I D Thompson
Black Man
Crew
Carl Anderson
Art Director
Maya Angelou
Screenwriter
Maya Angelou
Book As Source Material
Alan Bernard
Sound Department
Jean Moore Edwards
Producer
Peter Matz
Music
Thomas W Moore
Executive Producer
Leonora Thuna
Screenwriter
Frank Urioste
Editor
Ralph Woolsey
Screenwriter
Ralph Woolsey
Director Of Photography
Film Details
Also Known As
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1979
Production Company
CBS Entertainment
Distribution Company
ThinkFilm (Canada/NY); Live Home Video
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video January 5, 1994
Aired in United States April 28, 1979
