The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

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Actor(s):

Cicely Tyson, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Josephine Premice, Teddy Airhart

Director(s):

John Korty

Label: Classic Media
Publisher(s):

Classic Media

Studio: Classic Media
Manufacturer: Classic Media
Binding: DVD
Brand: TYSON,CICELY
MPN: SMVD58953D
Format(s): Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC
Rating: Unrated
List Price: $9.93
Our Price: $7.99
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Story of a black woman in the south who was born to slvery in the 1850s & lives to become a part of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 01/11/2005 Starring: Cicely Tyson Run time: 150 minutes

Amazon.com essential video

This 1973 television movie about 110 years of American history as seen through the eyes of a black woman from Louisiana (Cicely Tyson) is a terrific achievement, a window onto racism from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. Tyson gives a career performance as the title character, whose personal life is inextricably woven into the fabric of the African American struggle for equality. A mixture of the sentimental and the unflinching, this is the kind of educational experience that fully engages a viewer. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

I'm a 16yo girl and I say the old lady is cool

K. So, the movie was actually pretty cool. It was one of those movies where the person is tellin a story about their life & while they're tellin you, it actually shows you what happens instead of having to try & picture it yourself. The old lady was funny too which made it fun to watch. I really liked how all the actors were really good ones. I would recommend this movie to anyone & everyone. It's a REALLY good movie about slavery & how blacks were treated & I almost cried twice. WATCH THE MOVIE, HOMIES! The old lady is pretty cool. She did something really awesome at the end that made me say "Oh snap!". Oh, & she lived to be 110! :D

Bad DVD transfer

It is a pity that a powerful film like this one got such a terrible transfer.
It has no subtitles in any language or even English close-captions, which could be very useful in certain scenes where the dialogue is hard to understand.
I was lucky enough that two days after I viewed this DVD I was able to watch it on FLIX Cable Channel, and surprise! The print was far superior and it was close-captioned.
Now, this 2 Disc Special Edition do offer a second Disc with very interesting interviews with author, screenwriter, director, producer and actors.These features alone worth the price of this edition.
In spite of the poor transfer I very much enjoyed this movie.

We have to know of History...

I could a little bit understand of Afro-American`s history through this movie. I think... they are one of real owner in United Stated Of America.If anyone know of Afro-American? Just watch this movie... Especially yello people...

Really great movie

This is a very good movie for history buffs. I seen this when I was younger.

All Aspiring Actors and Actresses must watch this film!

Back in the 1970s, television movies were still new but they were often excellent on par with cinematic gems like the Godfather and film classics. This film is truly a television classic which features a legendary, once-in-a lifetime performance by perhaps America's finest actress, Cicely Tyson, who earned two Emmys for this performance. She deserved to get an Academy Award if possible. She is brilliant in anything but in this film, she plays Miss Jane Pittman who recalls her lifetime at 110 years old from her youth as a slave, surviving a massacre after the slaves were freed; she and a young boy, Ned, who calls her Mama later on make the journey to freedom. They work on farms, ranches, and etc. She is the mother of Ned who she sends away to get an education. He returns to free the slaves again from the mindset of slavery. Unfortunately, Ned doesn't take his mother's warning and is murdered. Jane marries a man but she doesn't tell him that she's barren and unable to have children. Their happiness is short-lived though. Miss Jane as she is referred to becomes a hard-working, church-going woman who survives two world wars, slavery, the Civil War, segregation, and she tells the young white journalist about her life. Believe me, there is not a dry eye in the house. This performance and others of Cicely Tyson earns her place as one of America's finest actresses (African American, Caucasian, Hispanic, or other). She is on par with the greatest actresses of this or any generation. This DVD set is a treasure that includes clips of her Emmy-winning speeches, the making and the oral storytelling.

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