I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) (TV) DVD

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) (TV) DVD

This movie has a main menu with scene selection and comes in a standard DVD case with above artwork.

Playable on all DVD players world wide (NTSC format)

English, No Subtitles

Color, 96 Minutes

Full Screen

Drama

Paul Benjamin ... Freeman
Diahann Carroll ... Vivian
Ruby Dee ... Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley ... Bailey Sr.
Esther Rolle ... Momma
Madge Sinclair ... Miss Flowers
Constance Good ... Maya
John Driver ... Bailey Jr. (as John M. Driver II)
Sonny Jim Gaines ... Uncle Willie
Art Evans ... Principal
J. Don Ferguson ... Mr. Donleavy
Georgia Allen ... Mrs. Gurney
Darleen Taylor ... 1st Girl
Darryl Antony Williams ... Tommy Valdon (as Darryl Williams)
Tonea Stewart ... Lillie (as Tommie Stewart)

Plot Summary

A true story based on the early life of actress, professor and author Maya Angelou. The story traces her life from when she moves 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.