Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, this acclaimed made-for-TV movie chronicles the struggles of the African American community as experienced by a woman named Jane Pittman (Cicely Tyson). Born into slavery in the pre-Civil War South, Pittman lives to be over one hundred years old, allowing her to witness the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond also star. 150 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; documentaries; interviews.
Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines, this acclaimed made-for-TV movie chronicles the struggles of the African American community as experienced by a woman named Jane Pittman (Cicely Tyson). Born into slavery in the pre-Civil War South, Pittman lives to be over one hundred years old, allowing her to witness the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. Richard Dysart, Katherine Helmond also star. 150 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; documentaries; interviews.
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