The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974/01/31 (US) | 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.
John Korty
Director
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Screenplay
Lead 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
No Image
David Hooks
Colonel Dye
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Tomorrow Entertainment
Crews
Ernest J. Gaines
Novel
Stan Winston
Makeup Supervisor
Lynda Gurasich
Hairstylist
Ric Rondell
First Assistant Director
Nathan Haggard
Second Assistant Director
Charles T. Knight
Sound