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The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman - Film

2024-05-25 13:00:00 2024-05-25 15:00:00 America/New_York The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman - Film An American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines starring Cicely Tyson as the strong woman who fought for freedom at every turn - well into her 100's. James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

Saturday, May 25
1:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-05-25 13:00:00 2024-05-25 15:00:00 America/New_York The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman - Film An American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines starring Cicely Tyson as the strong woman who fought for freedom at every turn - well into her 100's. James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library - Beth Patridge Meeting Room

James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library

Beth Patridge Meeting Room

An American television film based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines starring Cicely Tyson as the strong woman who fought for freedom at every turn - well into her 100's.

During the racial turmoil of 1960's Louisiana, 110-year-old ex-slave Jane Pittman grants an interview to a persistent journalist and relates the remarkable story of her life. Orphaned early, she toils on a plantation until a chance meeting with a white Union soldier named Brown changes her outlook. Jane's emancipation marks only the beginning of an arduous and heartbreaking odyssey, framed by the horrors of slavery and the justice of the civil-rights movement.

IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071175/

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies & Film |

TAGS: | movie | film | civil rights | #1939SitIn |

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