The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Film
by John Korty
Details
USA / 1974 / 110mins / Adaptation, Historical Drama / English
What was it like to be born into slavery? Or to live through the civil war or the struggle for civil rights? Cicely Tyson portrays 110-year old woman who had seen it all and lived to tell about it. Based on the novel The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines and filmed on location in Baton Rouge.
About the Director
John Korty
John Korty, born June 1936, is an American film director and animator, best known for the television film The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the documentary Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, as well as the theatrical animated feature Twice Upon a Time. He has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (for Who Are the DeBolts?) and several other major awards. Learn More
