The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Korty, John (Added Author). Tyson, Cicely (Added Author). Chaney, Barbara. (Added Author). Dysart, Richard (Added Author). Helmond, Katherine. (Added Author). Murphy, Michael, 1938- (Added Author). Odetta, 1930-2008 (Added Author). Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. (Added Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0738924660
Physical Description: 1 videocassette (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
videocassette
videorecording
Edition: Full frame.
Publisher: [S.l.] : Classic Media ; New York : Manufactured and distributed by Sony Wonder, [2002?],c1973.

General Note:	Winner of 9 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special, Best Actress and Best Teleplay. Closed-captioned. For specific features see interactive menu. Originally produced as a television movie in 1973. Based on the novel of the same title by Ernest J. Gaines.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, James Crabe ; music, Fred Karlin.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally a CBS broadcast on January 31, 1974.
Summary, etc.:	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.
System Details Note:	VHS.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Awards Note:	Winner of 9 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special, Best Actress and Best Teleplay.