28 April 1979 Drama, TV Movie 96 mins
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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Paul Benjamin as Freeman
Diahann Carroll as Vivian
Ruby Dee as Grandmother Baxter
Roger E. Mosley as Bailey, Sr.
Esther Rolle as Momma
Madge Sinclair as Miss Flowers
Sonny Jim Gaines as Uncle Willie
Art Evans as Principal
Constance Good as Maya
John M. Driver II as Bailey, Jr.
Georgia Allen as Mrs. Gurney
J. Don Ferguson as Mr. Donleavy
Tonea Stewart as Lillie
Monica Kyles as Julie
Rick Salassi as Parmenian
Lewis Liddell as Tommy
Maya Angelou Novel
Fielder Cook Director
Maya Angelou Writer
Thomas W. Moore Executive Producer
Peter Matz Original Music Composer
Ralph Woolsey Director of Photography
Leonora Thuna Writer
Frank J. Urioste Editor
Jean Moore Edwards Producer
Carl Anderson Art Direction
Caro Jones Casting
United States 28 April 1979
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