I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) on Netflix
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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- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb7.1/10354 votes
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Cast
- Sonny Jim Gainesas Uncle Willie
- Constance Goodas Maya
- John M. Driver IIas Bailey, Jr.
- Georgia Allenas Mrs. Gurney
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
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- The film hands the eighth-grade graduation set piece to Maya herself: she delivers the valedictory speech and leads the black audience in the Negro national anthem, tasks that Henry Reed performs in Angelou's book.
