The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

63% TMDB 1974 Drama, Adaptation, History 1h 50m NR

Cicely Tyson won an Emmy for her portrayal of a black woman who is born in slavery and lives to see the civil-rights movement of the 1960s. Filmed near Baton Rouge by director John Korty. Joe: Rod Perry. Big Laura: Odetta. Lena: Beatrice Winde.

Cicely Tyson, Rod Perry, Odetta