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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

★ 6.6/10 · 29 votes 1974 1h 52m Released

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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.

Cast

Cicely Tyson Jane Pittman Eric Brown Jimmy (age 7) Richard Dysart Master Bryant Joel Fluellen Unc Isom Will Hare Elbert Cluveau Katherine Helmond Lady at House