The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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Worth a look
1974 · Movie · 1h 52m
The read
Scores higher than 89% of the 1,162 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic77/100
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Tracy Keenan WynnScreenplay
- John KortyDirector
- Fred KarlinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cicely TysonJane Pittman
- Eric BrownJimmy (age 7)
- Richard DysartMaster Bryant
- Joel FluellenUnc Isom
- Will HareElbert Cluveau
- Katherine HelmondLady at House
- David HooksColonel Dye
- Elinora B. JohnsonMary
- Warren KennerJob
- Dudley KnightTrooper Brown
- Derrick MillsLittle Ned (age 5)
- Valerie OdellTicey
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or booksouthern usaslaveryplantationinterracial relationshipracism
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