The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans 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 novel was dramatized in a TV movie in 1974, starring Cicely Tyson.
About The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Television film set during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. The story is centered around a former slave who is celebrating her 110th birthday.
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The film was based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines.
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Novels about American slavery.. Novels by Ernest J. Gaines.. African-American novels.
Latest information about The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman updated on July 28 2021.
