The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Original title: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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6.6/10
(25)
1/31/1974
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1h 52min
No trailer available
Drama
TV Movie
Synopsis
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
Direction: John Korty
Producer: Robert W. Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg, Philip Barry Jr.
Cast
Cicely Tyson
Jane Pittman
Eric Brown
Jimmy (age 7)
Richard Dysart
Master Bryant
Joel Fluellen
Unc Isom
Will Hare
Elbert Cluveau
Katherine Helmond
Lady at House
