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.
- 4.0
- 1979
- Released
- 1h 36m
Paul Benjamin
Freeman
Diahann Carroll
Vivian
Ruby Dee
Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley
Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle
Momma
Madge Sinclair
Miss Flowers
Sonny Jim Gaines
Uncle Willie
Art Evans
PrincipalConstance Good
MayaJohn M. Driver II
Bailey, Jr.Georgia Allen
Mrs. Gurney
J. Don Ferguson
Mr. Donleavy
Tonea Stewart
LillieMonica Kyles
JulieRick Salassi
ParmenianLewis Liddell
TommySammy Liddell
IraSylvester Spann
TuttiShaunery Stevens
PolicemanHosie Phillips
PreacherMyra Jo Arvin
RedGeorge Cummins
Sheriff RogersTorain
TeacherDarleen Taylor
Girl #1Laurie Waters
Tall GirlMose Lee Williams
Mrs. Fletcher #1Frankie Mitchell
Mrs. Fletcher #2M.L. Breeland
Mr. PetersAngela Brown
KittyAbbie Burns
MaryJohnny Lewis
Picker #1John L. Patterson
ManJames Peters
2nd ManMelvin Kennerly
3rd ManShirley Perkins
WomanJohn C. Roper Jr.
White ManTerri Ann Ross
Small GirlI.D. Thompson
Black ManDarryl Antony Williams
Tommy ValdonReleased
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- #trauma
- #racism
- #based on memoir or autobiography
- #childhood
