Jane pittman movie
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
was a selection chosen by members of On the Southern Literary Trail as a group read for January, 2016. Special thanks to Trail member Jane for nominating this work.
A Note from the incomplete reader
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman was originally published by Ernest J. Gainesthrough the Dial Press in 1971. A second printing followed in 1972.
The Second Printing
When Gaine's novel was filmed as a television movie in 1974 sales mushroomed with the issue of the mass-market Bantam Paperback tie-in edition. Cicely Tyson played the title role from approximately age 23 to 110. The production garnered nine Emmy Awards, including Best Actress for Ms. Tyson.
Cicely Tyson portrayed a century of the life of Miss Jane Pittman
I was a first year law student when "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" first aired. I was twenty-two years old. But it was
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film)
1974 American TV series or program
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines |
| Screenplay by | Tracy Keenan Wynn |
| Directed by | John Korty |
| Starring | Cicely Tyson Barbara Cheney Richard Dysart Katherine Helmond Michael Murphy Odetta Thalmus Rasulala |
| Theme music composer | Fred Karlin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Producers | Robert W. Christiansen Rick Rosenberg Philip Barry Jr. |
| Production locations | Natchez, Mississippi Woodville, Mississippi Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation - State Highway 75, Geismer, Louisiana Ryan Airport - 9430 Jackie Cochran Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana The Cottage Plantation - 10528 Cottage Lane, St. Francisville, Louisiana |
| Cinematography | James Crabe |
| Editor | Sidney Levin |
| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Production company | Tomorrow Entertainment |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | January 31, 1974 (1974-01-31)[1][2][3&#
Navigation1This paper will explore the ways in which Ernest J. Gaines uses fiction in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman to write a history of the African Americans from 1861 to 1961. The “Introduction” sets the novel going, but its direction has already been given in the unusual dedication to his grandmother, stepfather and aunt “who did not walk a day in her life but who taught me the importance of standing” (Gaines iv). The significance for Gaines is that what happened a hundred years ago is part of his present-day lived life. The nineteenth-century novel was possessed by history, and white nineteenth-century novelists found their great subject in the war of European nations that was fought between 1799 and 1815. But that was not an American war nor was it an African American war. For Gaines, the war that makes the great turning point of a nation and a people is the American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865. It resulted in a moment of history after which life would not be the same. 2However, one of the main points that Gaines makes about that great turning point in Copyright ©bilders.pages.dev 2025 |