I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) Starring Esther Rolle, Diahann Carroll, Constance Good, John Driver, Ruby Dee, Roger E. Mosley, Madge Sinclair, Sonny Jim Gaines, Art Evans, Paul Benjamin This film adaptation of Maya Angelou's autobiography focuses on the author's extremely difficult youth. Young Maya (Constance Good) lives at her grandmother's in Arkansas. Life is hard for the little girl, but a truly dark turning point comes when she is raped by her mother's boyfriend (Paul Benjamin). Af

Poetic Justice (Clip) - Poems 'Alone' and 'Phenomenal Woman' by #MayaAngelou, performed by #JanetJackson. 2020 marks 50 years since Maya Angelou published her groundbreaking autobiography 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.' https://ew.com/books/2020/01/20/maya-angelou-guide/ 🎥 thanks to PoeticalTvLive | Friends of Janet