The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

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Southern Usa | Based On Novel Or Book

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  • Genre(s): Drama, TV Movie
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): John Korty, Ric Rondell, Nathan Haggard
  • Cast(s): Cicely Tyson, Eric Brown, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen, Will Hare See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 52min
  • Music: Charles T. Knight,Fred Karlin,James A. Corbett
  • Award(s): Primetime Emmy 1974 (Won)
    BAFTA Film 1975 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: 180, Scoop
  • Story:
    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.
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

7.8/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Achievement in Makeup | 1974 | Rick

Outstanding Special Comedy or Drama | 1974 | Rick

Best Lead Actress in a Drama | 1974 | Cicely

Actress of the Year Special | 1974 | Cicely

Best Directing in Drama A Single Program Comedy or Drama | 1974 | John

Best Writing in Drama Adaptation | 1974 | Tracy Keenan

Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design | 1974

Best Music Composition For a Special Program | 1974 | Fred

Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts | 1974

DGA Award

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television | 1975

OFTA TV Hall of Fame Award

Television Programs | 2004

Nominations
BAFTA Film Award

Best Actress | 1975 | Cicely

UN Award

1975

Primetime Emmy Award

Best Song or Theme | 1974 | Fred

Outstanding Achievement in Film or Tape Sound Mixing | 1974

Best Film Editing for Entertainment Programming For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television | 1974

Best Art Direction or Scenic Design For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film for a Series a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program | 1974

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Originally shown on US TV with only one commercial break.

Cicely Tyson was 50 years old when she portrayed Jane Pittman from ages 23 to 110.

Thalmus Rasulala plays Cicely Tyson's adopted son Ned; he plays her husband in Roots (1977).

Carol Sutton's debut.

Popular Dialogues

"Ned - Age 42: I want my children to be Black and proud of it."

"[last lines] Quentin: [voice over] On July nineteenth, nineteen sixty-two, five months after the last of these interviews was recorded, Miss Jane Pittman died at the age of a hundred and ten."