The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974•1h 52m•6.6•Released
DramaTV Movie
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.
Director
John Korty
Writer
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Languages
English
Studio
Tomorrow Entertainment
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
David Hooks
Colonel Dye
Elinora B. Johnson
Mary
Warren Kenner
Job
Dudley Knight
Trooper Brown
Derrick Mills
Little Ned (age 5)
Valerie Odell
Ticey
Michael Murphy
Quentin Lerner
Odetta
Big Laura
Rod Perry
Joe Pittman
Production
Company
Tomorrow Entertainment
Producer
Rick Rosenberg
Producer
Philip Barry Jr.
Producer
Robert W. Christiansen
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