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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) (TV)
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28 April 1979 (USA)
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(in credits order) | 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 Driver | ... | Bailey Jr. (as John M. Driver II) |
| Sonny Jim Gaines | ... | Uncle Willie |
| Art Evans | ... | Principal |
| J. Don Ferguson | ... | Mr. Donleavy |
| Georgia Allen | ... | Mrs. Gurney |
| Darleen Taylor | ... | 1st Girl |
| Darryl Antony Williams | ... | Tommy Valdon (as Darryl Williams) |
| Tonea Stewart | ... | Lillie (as Tommie Stewart) |
| Shaunery Stevens | ... | Policeman |
| Monica Kyles | ... | Julie |
| Frankie Mitchell | ... | 2nd Mrs. Fletcher |
| Rick Salassi | ... | Parmenian (as Richard Salassi) |
| Lewis Liddell | ... | Tommy |
| Sammy Liddell | ... | Ira |
| Sylvester Spann | ... | Tutti |
| Hosie Phillips | ... | Preacher |
| Myra Jo Arvin | ... | Red |
| George Cummins | ... | Sheriff Rogers |
| Torain | ... | Teacher |
| Laurie Waters | ... | Tall Girl |
| Mose Lee Williams | ... | 1st Mrs. Fletcher |
| M.L. Breeland | ... | Mr. Peters |
| Angela Brown | ... | Kitty |
| Abbie Burns | ... | Mary |
| Johnny Lewis | ... | 1st Picker |
| 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 |
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| Fielder Cook | |||
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| Maya Angelou | (book) | |
| Maya Angelou | (writer) and | |
| Leonora Thuna | (writer) | |
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| Jean Moore Edwards | .... | producer | |
| Thomas W. Moore | .... | executive producer | |
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| Peter Matz | |||
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| Ralph Woolsey | (as Ralph B. Woolsey) | ||
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| Frank J. Urioste | |||
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| Carl Anderson | |||
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| Doug Kelly | .... | makeup artist | |
| Don Lynch | .... | hair stylist | |
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| Calvin Maehl | .... | gaffer | |
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| Daniel Allan Carlin | .... | music editor | |
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- Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
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96 min
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Referenced in "The Simpsons: I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (#19.4)" (2007)
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This is one of the most engrossing bio pics ever shown on television. You really get to see the formative years of a true renaissance woman. The book that this work was based on has been required reading in schools for years and you can really see why as you see what Dr. Angelou went through as a child, espcially suffering the trauma of being raped at the age of seven and not talking for five years due to the fact that she blamed herself for the death of her attacker. However, the only fault I find with the film is the fact that they end the film at the point where she starts to talk again. The book goes on to her teen-age years and ends at the point where she gives birth to her son a few years later. Other than that, this was truly a great story.