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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974, Drama, 1h 50m

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Beginning during the racial turmoil of 1960s Louisiana, 110-year-old ex-slave Jane Pittman (Cicely Tyson) grants an interview to a persistent journalist and relates the remarkable story of her life. Orphaned early, she toils on a plantation until a chance meeting with a white Union soldier named Brown changes her outlook. Jane's emancipation marks only the beginning of an arduous and heartbreaking odyssey, framed by the horrors of slavery and the justice of the civil rights movement.

Cast & Crew

Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Jane Pittman
Odetta
Odetta
Big Laura
Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart
Master Bryant
Josephine Premice
Josephine Premice
Mme. Gautier
Eric Brown
Eric Brown
Young Jimmy
Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen
Unc Isom
Will Hare
Will Hare
Cluveau
David Hooks
David Hooks
Colonel Dye
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy
Quentin
Valerie Odell
Valerie Odell
Ticey
Roy Poole
Roy Poole
Mister Robert
Thalmus Rasulala
Thalmus Rasulala
Ned
John Korty
John Korty
Director
Rick Rosenberg
Rick Rosenberg
Producer
Robert W. Christiansen
Robert W. Christiansen
Producer
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