I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
April 28, 1979Release Date
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
April 28, 1979Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Paul Benjamin
Freeman

Diahann Carroll
Vivian

Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter

Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.

Esther Rolle
Momma

Madge Sinclair
Miss Flowers

Sonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie

Art Evans
Principal

Constance Good
Maya

John M. Driver II
Bailey, Jr.

John Driver
Bailey Jr.

Georgia Allen
Mrs. Gurney

J. Don Ferguson
Mr. Donleavy

Tonea Stewart
Lillie

Monica Kyles
Julie

Rick Salassi
Parmenian

Lewis Liddell
Tommy

Sammy Liddell
Ira

Sylvester Spann
Tutti

Shaunery Stevens
Policeman

Hosie Phillips
Preacher

Myra Jo Arvin
Red

George Cummins
Sheriff Rogers

Torain
Teacher

Darleen Taylor
Girl #1

Laurie Waters
Tall Girl

Mose Lee Williams
Mrs. Fletcher #1

Frankie Mitchell
Mrs. Fletcher #2

M.L. Breeland
Mr. Peters

Angela Brown
Kitty

Abbie Burns
Mary

Johnny Lewis
Picker #1

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

Darryl Antony Williams
Tommy Valdon
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
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. Also appearing were Esther Rolle, Roger E. Mosley, Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, and Madge Sinclair. Filming took place in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The movie traces Maya's life from when she and her brother move in with their grandmother to the trauma of being raped as a young girl by one of her mother's boyfriends and the several years of silence that came after the attack.
Two scenes in the movie differed from events described in the book. Angelou added a scene between Maya and Uncle Willie after the Joe Louis fight. In it, he expresses his feelings of redemption after Louis defeats a white opponent. Angelou also presents her eighth-grade graduation differently in the film. In the book, Henry Reed delivers the valedictory speech and leads the black audience in the Negro national anthem. In the movie, Maya conducts these activities.
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