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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 .
Jan 31, 1974 · 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.
- (2.5K)
- Drama, History
- John Korty
- 1974-01-31
The book was made into an award-winning television movie, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, broadcast on CBS in 1974. The film holds importance as one of the first made-for-TV movies to deal with African-American characters with depth and sympathy.
- Ernest J. Gaines
- 1971
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...
- (10)
- John Korty
- TV-PG
- Cicely Tyson
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. The 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. 2,967 IMDb 7.9 1 h 49 min 1974. X-Ray 18+. Drama · Historical · Bold · Eerie.
Jul 21, 2013 · Starting with Jane Pittman’s childhood on a plantation, the film details her life through Reconstruction, the reassertion of the power of the Southern white establishment, the two World Wars and the Depression, ending with the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s.
Synopsis. Winner of nine Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama of the 1973-74 season, this was one of the most acclaimed TV movies ever, highlighted by Cicely Tyson's Emmy-winning performance as the (fictional) woman who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lived to see the Civil Rights movement a century later.
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