The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (TV 1974)

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110 min - Drama

7.9

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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.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Cicely Tyson	...	Jane Pittman
	Eric Brown	...	Jimmy Age 7
	Richard Dysart	...	Master Bryant (as Richard A. Dysart)
	Joel Fluellen	...	Unc Isom
	Will Hare	...	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
	Michael Murphy	...	Quentin
	Valerie Odell	...	Ticey (as Valeria Odell)
	Odetta	...	Big Laura
	Rod Perry	...	Joe Pittman

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Storyline

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, a long walk toward freedom, marriage to Joe Pittman, her adopted son Ned's work as an educator, helping to raise Jimmy, who returns as a civil rights worker, and her own decision to become involved in contemporary issues. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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