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Unquestionably the best-known and probably the best, of Gaines's novels is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971), a fictional account of the long life of a black woman born a slave on a Louisiana plantation. Through the stories of the many fascinating people who touch Jane's life, Gaines presents not only a moving perspective on the ...
Story of 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.
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.
21 de jul. de 2013 · DESCRIPTION. This movie is a fictionalized account of the life of one of the last surviving slaves. Starting with Jane Pittman’s childhood on a plantation, the film details her life through Reconstruction, the reassertion of the power of the Southern white establishment, the two World Wars and the Depression, ending with the Civil Rights ...
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The history of slavery was vividly relived through the memories of a fictional 110-year-old woman beautifully played by Cicely Tyson in a story adapted for TV by Tracy Keenan Wynn and directed by John Korty. The climactic scene, when Miss Jane defiantly drank from a "whites-only" water fountain, was one of TV's most memorable moments in one of ...
15 de may. de 2024 · Drama. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. 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 ...
