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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.Read moreLess
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.
The 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.
Cast & crew
Cicely TysonJane Pittman
Eric BrownJimmy (age 7)
Richard DysartMaster Bryant
Joel FluellenUnc Isom
Will HareElbert Cluveau
Katherine HelmondLady at HouseExplore the crew
- Director
- John Korty
- Screenplay
- Tracy Keenan Wynn
- Producer
- Robert W. Christiansen
- Producer
- Rick Rosenberg
- Producer
- Philip Barry Jr.
- Original Music Composer
- Fred Karlin
- Director of Photography
- James Crabe
- Editor
- Sidney Levin