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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

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.

Release: 1974-10-17
Runtime: 112 min
Rating: 6.577 / 10

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Cast
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Jane Pittman
Eric Brown
Eric Brown
Jimmy (age 7)
Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart
Master Bryant
Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen
Unc Isom
Will Hare
Will Hare
Elbert Cluveau
Katherine Helmond
Katherine Helmond
Lady at House
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David Hooks
Colonel Dye
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Elinora B. Johnson
Mary
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Warren Kenner
Job
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Dudley Knight
Trooper Brown
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Derrick Mills
Little Ned (age 5)
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Valerie Odell
Ticey
Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy
Quentin Lerner
Odetta
Odetta
Big Laura
Rod Perry
Rod Perry
Joe Pittman
Roy Poole
Roy Poole
Mister Robert
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Josephine Premice
Mme. Gautier
Thalmus Rasulala
Thalmus Rasulala
Ned (age 42)