I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
• April 28th, 1979 • 1h 36min
Drama, TV Movie
Overview
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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