The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (6.7)
Movie · 1974 · 1 h 50 min · Drama, TV 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.
Directed by: John Korty
Starring Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen, Will Hare, Katherine Helmond, David Hooks, Elinora B. Johnson, Warren Kenner, Dudley Knight
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