![I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//gfnyYrqh7k7cYtdsd5tXV8EdS8h.jpg)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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April 28, 1979
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Drama, TV Movie
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.
Featured Crew
Frank J. Urioste
Editor
Leonora Thuna
Writer
Fielder Cook
Director
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Cast
![Paul Benjamin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//6t4RCyCoynTG0mk5godo7AW3doK.jpg)
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
![Diahann Carroll](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//unBFEOFc1Vjyh5T8GXvq47JeRgp.jpg)
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
![Ruby Dee](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//gbUsddmMoZImZZSg2qffmZ7oCMB.jpg)
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
![Roger E. Mosley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//dAQA1V6JeuvgFLpIVOFZhysbRSR.jpg)
Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.
![Esther Rolle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//ulp6iIEtjAOvJ1f3pijRsNTsPE5.jpg)
Esther Rolle
Momma