I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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.
Top Billed Cast
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle
Momma
Featured Crew
Fielder Cook
Director
Leonora Thuna
Writer
Maya Angelou
Writer
Maya Angelou
Novel
Frank J. Urioste
Editor
Ralph Woolsey
Director of Photography
Peter Matz
Original Music Composer
Thomas W. Moore
Executive Producer
Jean Moore Edwards
Producer
Caro Jones
Casting
Carl Anderson
Art Direction