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TV Movie

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974·1h 50m·TV-PG
DramaHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 7.9/10
2,793 votes
Metascore
77
Metacritic

The story of Miss Jane Pittman, a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1974 drama history movie directed by John Korty, starring Cicely Tyson, Richard Dysart, Joel Fluellen. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.9/10 from 2,793 votes and runs 1h 50m.

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Director
John Korty
Stars
Cicely Tyson
Richard Dysart
Joel Fluellen
Eric Brown
Details
1974-01-31
110 min
TV Movie
TV-PG
★ United States
★ English, French
Keywords
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