The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
6.6
1974
1h 52m
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.
Key Crew
Director
John Korty
Producers
Robert W. Christiansen
Rick Rosenberg
Philip Barry Jr.
Writers
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Cinematography
James Crabe
Music
Fred Karlin
Cast (34)
Cicely Tyson
Jane Pittman
Eric Brown
Jimmy (age 7)
