The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

January. 31,1974      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Cicely Tyson as  Jane Pittman
Eric Brown as  Jimmy (age 7)
Richard Dysart as  Master Bryant
Joel Fluellen as  Unc Isom
Will Hare as  Elbert Cluveau
Katherine Helmond as  Lady at House
Michael Murphy as  Quentin Lerner
Odetta as  Big Laura
Rod Perry as  Joe Pittman
Roy Poole as  Mister Robert

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Reviews

Alicia
1974/01/31

I love this movie so much

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Jeanskynebu
1974/02/01

the audience applauded

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Pluskylang
1974/02/02

Great Film overall

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Philippa
1974/02/03

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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