The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974/10/17 • Released • English
Overview
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
Casts
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
Michael Murphy
Quentin Lerner
Odetta
Big Laura
Rod Perry
Joe Pittman
Roy Poole
Mister Robert
Thalmus Rasulala
Ned (age 42)
Carol Sutton
Vivian
Bill Walker
Elder Banks
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Mistress Bryant
Beatrice Winde
Lena
Woody Chambliss
Freedom Investigator (uncredited)
Harold Sylvester
Sam (uncredited)
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