The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Resource Information

The work The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Statement of responsibility

produced by Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg ; screenplay by Tracy Keenan Wynn ; directed by John Korty ; Tomorrow Entertainment, Inc

Title variation

Miss Jane Pittman

Contributor

• Odetta, 1930-2008
• Poole, Roy, 1924-1986
• Premice, Josephine
• Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991
• Rosenberg, Rick
• Tyson, Cicely
• Wilcox Paxton, Collin, 1935-2009
• Winde, Beatrice
• Wynn, Tracy Keenan
• Murphy, Michael, 1938-
• Christiansen, Bob, (Robert W.)
• Tomorrow Entertainment (Firm)
• Crabe, James
• Dysart, Richard
• Sony Wonder (Firm)
• Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019
• Haller, Michael
• Helmond, Katherine
• Karlin, Fred
• Korty, John
• Classic Media, Inc
• Levin, Sidney
• Chaney, Barbara

Actor

• Wilcox Paxton, Collin, 1935-2009
• Tyson, Cicely
• Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991
• Premice, Josephine
• Poole, Roy, 1924-1986
• Odetta, 1930-2008
• Murphy, Michael, 1938-
• Chaney, Barbara
• Helmond, Katherine
• Dysart, Richard
• Winde, Beatrice

Cinematographer

• Crabe, James

Editor of moving image work

• Levin, Sidney

Film director

• Korty, John

Film distributor

• Sony Wonder (Firm)

Film producer

• Rosenberg, Rick
• Christiansen, Bob, (Robert W.)

Production company

• Tomorrow Entertainment (Firm)

Production designer

• Haller, Michael

Publisher

• Classic Media, Inc

Screenwriter

• Wynn, Tracy Keenan

Subject

• Gaines, Ernest J, 1933-2019 -- Television adaptations
• History
• Louisiana
• African American women
• Made-for-TV movies
• Older women
• Older women -- Louisiana -- Drama
• Slavery
• Slavery -- United States -- Drama
• Southern States
• Southern States -- History -- Drama
• Television adaptations
• United States
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Made-for-TV movies
• African American women -- Louisiana -- Drama
• African Americans
• African Americans -- Drama
• Biographical -- Television feature
• Biographical -- Television feature
• Biographical television programs
• Civil rights movements
• Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Ethnic -- Television feature
• Ethnic -- Television feature
• Fiction television programs
• Fiction television programs
• Gaines, Ernest J, 1933-2019

Genre

• Ethnic
• Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Biographical television programs
• History
• Biographical
• Made-for-TV movies
• Fiction television programs
• Television adaptations

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

The history of blacks in the South as seen through the eyes of a 110-year-old former slave

Awards note

Winner of 9 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special, Best Actress and Best Teleplay.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Music by Fred Karlin ; director of photography, James Crabe ; film editor, Sidney Levin ; production designer, Michael Haller

Date time place

Originally produced as a television movie in 1973

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned

LC call number

• PN1992.8.B55
• PS3557.A355

LC item number

• A986 2004
• A85 2004

PerformerNote

Cicely Tyson, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Barbara Chaney, Roy Poole, Josephine Premice, Thalmus Rasulala, Collin Wilcox-Horne, Beatrice Winde, Odetta

Runtime

150

Target audience

general

Technique

live action