Rating: NR
Genre: Historical Film
Release Date: 01/11/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Sony Wonder

Cicely Tyson ages from 19 to 110 in the role of Jane Pittman, a fictional African-American woman whose life began in slavery and ended at the inception of the Civil Rights Movement. Northern journalist Quentin Lerner (Michael Murphy) travels to the racially polarized south of 1962 to interview Ms. Pittman for a potential book. Her life unfolds in flashbacks, many painful and unpleasant, but just as many are uplifting and hopeful. Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines and filmed on location in Baton Rouge, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman won nine Emmy Awards, including Best Actress (Tyson), Director (John Korty), and Screenplay (Tracy Keenan Wynn). The film premiered January 31, 1974, on CBS.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Cicely Tyson - Jane Pittman
Barbara Chaney -
Richard Dysart - Master Bryant
Katherine Helmond - Lady at House
Michael Murphy - Quentin Lerner

Production:
John Korty - Director
Robert W. Christiansen Rick Rosenberg - Producer
Fred Karlin - Composer
Sid Levin - Editor
Tracy Keenan Wynn - Screen Writer
Ernest J. Gaines - Book Author
James A. Crabe - Cinematographer
Sandra Stewart - Costume Designer
Michael Haller - Production Designer
Ted Adams Swanson - Production Manager
Chuck McLain - Supervisor/Manager

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