The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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The work The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Statement of responsibility
- produced by Philip Barry Jr., Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg ; screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn ; directed by John Korty
- Subject
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- 1900-1999
- African American women
- African American women -- Louisiana -- Drama
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Drama
- American fiction
- American fiction -- 20th century -- Film adaptations
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- Drama
- Drama
- Elderly women -- Louisiana -- Drama
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Feature films
- Film adaptations
- Film adaptations
- Historical films
- Louisiana
- Older women
- Older women -- Louisiana -- Drama
- Slavery
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Southern States
- Television movies
- Television plays
- Television plays
- Television plays
- United States
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Language
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- eng
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
- Winner of 9 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special, Best Actress and Best Teleplay.
- Cataloging source
- UPZ
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, James Crabe ; music, Fred Karlin
- Date time place
- Originally broadcast on January 31, 1974
- Intended audience
- Not rated
- Language note
- Closed-captioned
- PerformerNote
- Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala
- Runtime
- 110
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
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- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, produced by Philip Barry Jr., Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg ; screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn ; directed by John Korty
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, produced by Philip Barry Jr., Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg ; screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn ; directed by John Korty
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