I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was released on 28 April 1979.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was directed by Fielder Cook.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings has a runtime of 1h 36m.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was produced by Jean Moore Edwards.

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.

The key characters in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings are Freeman (Paul Benjamin), Vivian (Diahann Carroll), Grandmother Baxter (Ruby Dee).

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a Drama, Biography, TV Movie film.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings has an audience rating of 7.4 out of 10.