| Edition |
Full frame. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Based on the novel of the same title by Ernest J. Gaines. |
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Originally produced as a television movie in 1973. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, James Crabe ; music, Fred Karlin. |
| Performer |
Cicely Tyson, Barbara Chaney, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Odetta, Thalmus Rasulala. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast on January 31, 1974. |
| Summary |
Miss Jane Pittman is celebrating her 110th birthday. As the civil rights movement heats up, Miss Jane, a former slave, recounts her memories of the black experience from picking potatoes on a southern plantation to fetching water for soldiers in the Civil War to her views on the current and turbulent equal rights movement. |
| System Details |
DVD ; Dolby digital. |
| Awards |
Winner of 9 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special, Best Actress and Best Teleplay. |
| Language |
Close-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Television plays.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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American fiction -- 20th century -- Film adaptations.
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American fiction -- 20th century -- Television adaptations.
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African American women -- Louisiana -- Drama.
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Older people.
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African Americans -- Drama.
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Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
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Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- Drama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Korty, John.
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Tyson, Cicely.
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Chaney, Barbara.
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Dysart, Richard.
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Helmond, Katherine.
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Murphy, Michael, 1938-
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Odetta, 1930-2008.
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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019.
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
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| ISBN |
0738924670 |
| Music No. |
LVD 55203 Sony Wonder |
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