The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Cicely Tyson Jane Pittman

Eric Brown Jimmy (age 7)

Richard Dysart Master Bryant

Joel Fluellen Unc Isom

Will Hare Elbert Cluveau