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1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color |
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Beginning during the racial turmoil of 1960s Louisiana, 110-year-old ex-slave Jane Pittman (Cicely Tyson) 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. This Television adaptation on the famous novel won 9 Emmy Awards |
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In Process Record |
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Title from title frames |
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Film |
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Based on the novel of the same title by Ernest J. Gaines |
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Music by Fred Karlin ; director of photography, James Crabe ; film editor, Sidney Levin ; production designer, Michael Haller |
| Cast |
Cicely Tyson, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Barbara Chaney, Roy Poole, Josephine Premice, Thalmus Rasulala, Collin Wilcox-Horne, Beatrice Winde, Odetta |
| Event |
Originally produced by Shout Factory in 1974 |
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Originally produced as a television movie in 1973 |
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English; closed-captioned |
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Winner of 9 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Special, Best Actress and Best Teleplay |
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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019 -- Television adaptations
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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019 |
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African American women -- Louisiana -- Drama
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Older women -- Louisiana -- Drama
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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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Motion pictures.
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Slavery
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Older women
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Civil rights movements
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African Americans
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African American women
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Motion pictures
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Southern States -- History -- Drama
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United States
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Southern States
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Louisiana
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Television adaptations
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Made-for-TV movies
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History
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Historical films
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Drama
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Feature films
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Historical films.
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Made-for-TV movies.
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Feature films.
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Films historiques.
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Téléfilms.
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Streaming video
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Korty, John, television director.
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Christiansen, Bob (Robert W.), television producer.
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Rosenberg, Rick, television producer.
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Wynn, Tracy Keenan, screenwriter.
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Tyson, Cicely, actor.
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Dysart, Richard, actor.
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Helmond, Katherine, actor.
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Murphy, Michael, 1938- actor.
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Chaney, Barbara, actor.
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Poole, Roy, 1924-1986, actor.
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Premice, Josephine, actor.
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Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991, actor.
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Wilcox Paxton, Collin, 1935-2009, actor.
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Winde, Beatrice, actor.
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Odetta, 1930-2008, actor.
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Karlin, Fred, composer (expression)
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Crabe, James, director of photography.
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Levin, Sidney, editor of moving image work.
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Haller, Michael, production designer.
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Television adaptation of (work): Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019.
Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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Kanopy (Firm)
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