Jane Pittman
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: Directed by John Korty. With Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen. 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.
- (2.6K)
- Drama, History
- John Korty
- 1974-01-31
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman - Full Cast & Crew. 77 Metascore. 1974. 1 hr 50 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Cicely Tyson won an Emmy for her portrayal of a...
- John Korty
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is an American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines starring Cicely Tyson as the titular heroine. The film was broadcast on CBS on Thursday , January 31, 1974 .
Novel. Tracy Keenan Wynn. Screenplay. 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.
Cicely Tyson portrays Mrs Jane Pittman, who becomes the first African-American to drink from the "White's Only" fountain in front of the courthouse in a small southern town at the age of 104.
- (10)
- Drama
- TV-PG
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of Black people as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. She tells of the major events of her life from the time she was a young slave girl in the American South at the end of the Civil War.
