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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

6.6 (29) ·1974 ·112 min ·Movie
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.

Top 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
Colonel Dye
Elinora B. Johnson
Mary
Warren Kenner
Job
Dudley Knight
Trooper Brown

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