I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings, a 1979 movie directed by Fielder Cook, is a renowned autobiographical account of Maya Angelou’s youth. Based on Maya Angelou’s best selling novel, this film takes place during the Great Depression. The story takes place in a bigoted, vicious town in Stamps, Arkansas where Maya and her brother, Bailey, grow up with their grandmother and uncle. The family is forced to deal with racism from the KKK …showed first 75 words of 332 total…

…showed last 75 words of 332 total…children’s excitement and the parent pride. The overall structure of Cage Bird shows Angelou overcoming a series of problems to reach the powerful climax at the end. I believe that the lesson the movie was trying to portray through Maya’s youth was illustrated nicely through the powerful, emotional, and suspenseful scenes. This movie was enjoyable to watch, made possible by the background music and the great actors and actresses who created this movie.