The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Overview

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.

Directed by John Korty

Top cast

Cicely Tyson

Jane Pittman

Eric Brown

Jimmy (age 7)

Richard Dysart

Master Bryant

Joel Fluellen

Unc Isom

Will Hare

Elbert Cluveau

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

D

Derrick Mills

Little Ned (age 5)

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Valerie Odell

Ticey

Michael Murphy

Quentin Lerner

Odetta

Big Laura

Rod Perry

Joe Pittman

Roy Poole

Mister Robert

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Josephine Premice

Mme. Gautier

Thalmus Rasulala

Ned (age 42)

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Al Scott

Ferry Captain

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Dan Smith

Ned (age 18)

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