I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (TV 1979)

TV Movie - 96 min - Biography | Drama

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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.

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	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)

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A true story based on the early life of actress, professor and author Maya Angelou. The story traces her life from when she and her brother move in with her mother to the trauma of being raped as a little girl by one of her mother's boyfriends and the several years of silence that came after the attack. Written by Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>

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