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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

1979-04-28 · 1h 36m · EN
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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.

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Maya AngelouWriterLeonora ThunaWriterFielder CookDirector

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Paul BenjaminPaul BenjaminFreemanDiahann CarrollDiahann CarrollVivianRuby DeeRuby DeeGrandmother BaxterRoger E. MosleyRoger E. MosleyBailey, Sr.Esther RolleEsther RolleMommaMadge SinclairMadge SinclairMiss FlowersConstance GoodConstance GoodMayaSonny Jim GainesSonny Jim GainesUncle WillieArt EvansArt EvansPrincipalJohn M. Driver IIJohn M. Driver IIBailey, Jr.Georgia AllenGeorgia AllenMrs. GurneyJ. Don FergusonJ. Don FergusonMr. Donleavy

Keywords

Based on memoir or autobiographyRacismTraumaChildhood

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Genre affinityDrama · Tv MovieTheme affinityBased On Memoir Or Autobiography · Racism · TraumaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference327065Actor preference118200 · 38813 · 43614Country preferenceUs

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What is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings about?

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.

How long is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings has a runtime of 96 minutes.