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

Contributor Tyson, Cicely.

Imprint:[S.l.] : Classic Media ; New York : Manufactured and distributed by Sony Wonder, 2002, C1973.

Description1 videodisc ( 110min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Originally broadcast on January 31, 1974.

Note: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.

Note : PerformerCicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Odetta, THalmus Rasulala.

Note: AwardsEmmy Awards: Best Actress, Cicely Tyson ; Best Director ; Best Music Composition ; Best Writing in Drama ; Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design ; Outstanding Achievement in Makeup ; Outstanding Special (1974)

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Tyson, Cicely.
Chaney, Barbara.
Dysart, Richard.
Helmond, Katherine.
Murphy, Michael, 1938-
Odetta, 1930-2008.
Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991.
Korty, John.
Wynn, Tracy Keenan.
Title:
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman [videorecording]
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Subject:
American fiction -- 20th century -- Film and video adaptations.
African American women -- Louisiana -- Drama.
Older women -- Louisiana -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
Television adaptations.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Historical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Television adaptations.
Fiction television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.