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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an American television film based on the autobiography of the same name by Maya Angelou, first aired April 28, 1979, on CBS. Angelou and Leonora Thuna wrote the screenplay, and the movie was directed by Fielder Cook. Constance Good played the young Maya Angelou.
- Biography Drama
This film adaptation of Maya Angelou's autobiography focuses on the author's extremely difficult youth. Young Maya (Constance Good) lives at her grandmother's in Arkansas....
- 95 min
- 94.8K
- THE MOVIE STATION
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings follows Marguerite's (called "My" or "Maya" by her brother) life from the age of three to seventeen and the struggles she faces—particularly with racism and self-affirmation—in the Southern United States.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1979 1h 35m Drama List Reviews 74% Audience Score 100+ Ratings This film adaptation of Maya Angelou's autobiography focuses on the author's extremely...
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- Fielder Cook
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- Diahann Carroll
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an American television film based on the autobiography of the same name by Maya Angelou, first aired April 28, 1979 on CBS. Angelou and Leonora Thuna wrote the screenplay, and the movie was directed by Fielder Cook. Constance Good played the young Maya Angelou.
- 95 min
- S3 Tv
Set in the 1930s, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS begins as two black children are sent to live with their stoic but caring grandmother in Arkansas. Maya and her brother witness firsthand the horrors of racism.
A TV movie based on Maya Angelou's autobiographical book about her childhood in the South during the Depression. The film features Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Esther Rolle and Roger E Mosley in the cast.
