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Writers:
Ernest J. Gaines (novel)
Tracy Keenan Wynn (writer)
Release Date:
31 January 1974 (USA) more
Plot:
Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 8 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
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AWESOME! Just simply A W E S O M E !!!!!!!!! more (26 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Cicely Tyson | ... | Jane Pittman |
 | Eric Brown | ... | Jimmy - Age 7 |
| Arnold Wilkerson | ... | Jimmy |
| Richard Dysart | ... | Master Bryant (as Richard A. Dysart) |
| 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 |
 | Michael Murphy | ... | Quentin Lerner |
| Odetta | ... | Big Laura |
| Rod Perry | ... | Joe Pittman |
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120 min | USA:112 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation - State Highway 75, Geismer, Louisiana, USA more
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Originally shown on US TV with only one commercial break. more
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Angels' Revenge (#7.22)" (1995) more
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AWESME! This film is a classic in the most deserved sense of the word. Cecily Tyson's acting is no less than Emmy-Award caliber, and she should have gotten TWO for this performance. The story flows like the Mississippi, slow and deliberate, and carries you willingly along, it is THAT Powerful. I never noticed when it first ran on TV that there had been only one commercial during it's telecast, but the story is so riveting and encompassing that there shouldn't have been ANY! Get the DVD as soon as you can; if you've never seen it, you'll be awed as well. If you have, you'll enjoy it all over again each time you view it! AWESOME !!!!!!!