| Release Date: | Jan 1974 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | Won 8 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations |
| Cast: | Cicely Tyson (Jane Pittman), Eric Brown (Jimmy Age 7), Richard Dysart (Master Bryant (as Richard A. Dysart)), Joel Fluellen (Unc Isom), Will Hare (Cluveau), Katherine Helmond (Lady at House), David Hooks (Colonel Dye), Elinora B. Johnson (Mary), Warren Kenner (Job), Dudley Knight (Trooper Brown), Derrick Mills (Little Ned), Michael Murphy (Quentin), Valerie Odell (Ticey (as Valeria Odell)), Odetta (Big Laura), Rod Perry (Joe Pittman), Roy Poole (Mister Robert), Josephine Premice (Mme. Gautier), Thalmus Rasulala (Ned Age 42), Al Scott (Ferry Captain), Dan Smith (Ned Age 18), Carol Sutton (Vivian), Wilbur Schwartz (Confederate Colonel (as Wilbur Swartz)), Bill Walker (Elder Banks), Collin Wilcox Paxton (Mistress Bryant (as Collin Wilcox-Horne)), Arnold Wilkerson (Jimmy), Beatrice Winde (Lena), Teddy Airhart (Sheriff Guidry (uncredited)), Ted Arroyo (Tee-Bob (uncredited)), Noel Cazenave (Long-Haired Boy (uncredited)), Woody Chambliss (Freedom Investigator (uncredited)), Barbara Chaney (Amma Dean (uncredited)), James Goodman (Mr. Clyde (uncredited)), Jerry Green (Etienne (uncredited)), Jerry Leggio (Carpetbagger (uncredited)), Tony Thomas (Timmy (uncredited)), Brick Tilley (Rebel Soldier (uncredited)), Alana Villavaso (Mary Agnes (uncredited)) |
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, a long walk toward freedom, marriage to Joe Pittman, her adopted son Ned's work as an educator, helping to raise Jimmy, who returns as a civil rights worker, and her own decision to become involved in contemporary issues. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
