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Title:

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman [videorecording] / produced by Philip Barry Jr., Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg ; screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn ; directed by John Korty.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Full frame.

Publisher:

Classic Media ;

Copyright Date:

2002?, c1973

Description:

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

American fiction--20th century--Film adaptations.
African American women--Louisiana--Drama.
Older women--Louisiana--Drama.
African Americans--Drama.
Slavery--United States--Drama.
Civil rights movements--Southern States--Drama.
Television plays.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Barry, Philip, 1923-1998.
Christiansen, Robert.
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- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

Notes:

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. Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala. Originally broadcast on January 31, 1974.

Summary:

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.

UPC:

074645520391

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)