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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of Black people as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman. She tells of the major events of her life from the time she was a young slave girl in the American South at the end of the Civil War.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, CBS Television (1974) – Directors Guild of America Award, eight Emmy Awards, nominated for a BAFTA award [11] The Sky Is Gray, American Short Story Series, PBS (1980) A Gathering of Old Men, CBS Television (1987) A Lesson Before Dying, HBO (1999); winner, Emmy Award for Outstanding Made For Television Movie
Jane (played by Cicely Tyson), a former slave, is celebrating her 110th birthday. Two men tell her that a little girl is going to a segregated water fountain; she gets arrested because she is black. The next day Jane is interviewed by a journalist named Quentin Lerner (played by Michael Murphy) and she tells the story of her life. The climax of ...
Ernest Gaines, author of “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has been honored by the issuing of a U.S. postal stamp bearing his picture. Gaines who died three years ago in his hometown ...
John Korty (June 22, 1936 – March 9, 2022), [1] was 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.
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Tracy Keenan Wynn (born February 28, 1945) is an American screenwriter and producer, whose credits include The Longest Yard, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (both 1974), and The Deep (1977). Early and personal life