Drama ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1974 · 1h 52m

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

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Director
John Korty
Cast
Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman Eric Brown as Jimmy (age 7) Richard Dysart as Master Bryant Joel Fluellen as Unc Isom Will Hare as Elbert Cluveau Katherine Helmond as Lady at House
Crew
James Crabe — Director of Photography Sidney Levin — Editor Fred Karlin — Original Music Composer Tracy Keenan Wynn — Screenplay Ernest J. Gaines — Novel Robert W. Christiansen — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or booksouthern usaslaveryplantationinterracial relationshipracism
Key Collaborators
John Korty Director James Crabe Director of Photography Sidney Levin Editor Fred Karlin Original Music Composer Tracy Keenan Wynn Screenplay Ernest J. Gaines Novel Robert W. Christiansen Producer Rick Rosenberg Producer Philip Barry Jr. Producer Michael D. Haller Production Design
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