Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Fielder CookDirector
- Maya AngelouWriter
- Leonora ThunaWriter
- Peter MatzOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul BenjaminFreeman
- Diahann CarrollVivian
- Ruby DeeGrandmother Baxter
- Roger E. MosleyBailey, Sr.
- Esther RolleMomma
- Madge SinclairMiss Flowers
- Sonny Jim GainesUncle Willie
- Art EvansPrincipal
- Constance GoodMaya
- John M. Driver IIBailey, Jr.
- Georgia AllenMrs. Gurney
- J. Don FergusonMr. Donleavy
Themes
traumaracismbased on memoir or autobiographychildhood