The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

6.6 October 17, 1974 1h 52m Released
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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.

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Cast

  • Cicely Tyson

    Cicely Tyson

    Jane Pittman

  • Eric Brown

    Eric Brown

    Jimmy (age 7)

  • Richard Dysart

    Richard Dysart

    Master Bryant

  • Joel Fluellen

    Joel Fluellen

    Unc Isom

  • Will Hare

    Will Hare

    Elbert Cluveau

  • Katherine Helmond

    Katherine Helmond

    Lady at House

  • David Hooks

    David Hooks

    Colonel Dye

  • Elinora B. Johnson

    Elinora B. Johnson

    Mary

  • Warren Kenner

    Warren Kenner

    Job

  • Dudley Knight

    Dudley Knight

    Trooper Brown

  • Derrick Mills

    Derrick Mills

    Little Ned (age 5)

  • Valerie Odell

    Valerie Odell

    Ticey

  • Michael Murphy

    Michael Murphy

    Quentin Lerner

  • Odetta

    Odetta

    Big Laura

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