I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)

April 28th, 19791h 36min

Drama, TV Movie
40%

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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