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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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Miss Jane Pittman is celebrating her 110th birthday. As the civil rights movement heats up, Miss Jane, a former slave, recounts her memories of the black experience from picking potatoes on a south...
Miss Jane Pittman is celebrating her 110th birthday. As the civil rights movement heats up, Miss Jane, a former slave, recounts her memories of the black experience from picking potatoes on a southern plantation to fetching water for soldiers in the Civil War to her views on the current and turbulent equal rights movement.
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- Creator
- produced by Philip Barry Jr., Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg ; screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn ; directed by John Korty
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Barry, Philip, 1923-1998
- Christiansen, Bob (Robert W.)
- Rosenberg, Rick
- Wynn, Tracy Keenan
- Korty, John
- Tyson, Cicely
- Chaney, Barbara
- Dysart, Richard
- Helmond, Katherine
- Murphy, Michael, 1938-
- Odetta, 1930-2008
- Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991
- Crabe, James
- Karlin, Fred
- Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019. Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Publication
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- Full frame
- [Place of publication not identified] : Classic Media ; New York, NY : Manufactured and distributed by Sony Wonder, [2002?]
- [2002?], c1973
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0738924670
- OCLC
- ocm51578708
- Credits
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- Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala
- Director of photography, James Crabe ; music, Fred Karlin
- Originally produced as a television movie in 1973.
- Based on the novel of the same title by Ernest J. Gaines.
- For specific features see interactive menu.
- Originally broadcast on January 31, 1974.
- DVD ; NTSC ; region 1 ; full frame ; Dolby digital.
- Close-captioned.