The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Release Date: 1974-01-31
Rating : 6.56/10
Duration : 112 minutes
Genres : Drama, TV Movie
Director : John Korty
Writer : Tracy Keenan Wynn
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.
Cast
Cicely Tyson
Eric Brown
Richard Dysart
Joel Fluellen
Will Hare
Katherine Helmond