The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974 · 112 min · 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.
- Director
- John Korty
- Writers
- Ernest J. Gaines, Tracy Keenan Wynn
- Released
- October 17, 1974
- Language
- English
