The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Korty, John (Added Author). Tyson, Cicely (Added Author). Chaney, Barbara. (Added Author). Dysart, Richard (Added Author). Helmond, Katherine. (Added Author). Murphy, Michael, 1938- (Added Author). Odetta, 1930-2008 (Added Author).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 1557394423
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (DVD)(110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [S.l.] : distributed by VCI Entertainment, 2002.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the novel of the same title by Ernest J. Gaines. Originally produced as a television movie in 1973. For specific features see interactive menu.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, James Crabe ; music, Fred Karlin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala.
System Details Note:	DVD.