Drama / TV Movie /

Score: 64%( 24 votes )

Overview: In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.

Cast:

Cicely Tyson
Jane Pittman

Eric Brown
Jimmy (age 7)

Richard Dysart
Master Bryant

Joel Fluellen
Unc Isom

Will Hare
Elbert Cluveau

Katherine Helmond
Lady at House

David Hooks
Colonel Dye

Elinora B. Johnson
Mary

Warren Kenner
Job

Dudley Knight
Trooper Brown

Derrick Mills
Little Ned (age 5)

Valeria Odell
Ticey

Michael Murphy
Quentin Lerner

Odetta
Big Laura

Rod Perry
Joe Pittman

Roy Poole
Mister Robert

Josephine Premice
Mme. Gautier

Thalmus Rasulala
Ned (age 42)

Al Scott
Ferry Captain

Dan Smith
Ned (age 18)

Carol Sutton
Vivian

Wilbur Swartz
Confederate Colonel

Bill Walker
Elder Banks

Collin Wilcox Paxton
Mistress Bryant

Arnold Wilkerson
Jimmy

Beatrice Winde
Lena

Teddy Airhart
Sheriff Guidry (uncredited)

Woody Chambliss
Freedom Investigator (uncredited)

Barbara Chaney
Amma Dean (uncredited)

Jerry Green
Etienne (uncredited)

Jerry Leggio
Carpetbagger (uncredited)

Harold Sylvester
Sam (uncredited)

Tony Thomas
Timmy (uncredited)

Brick Tilley
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)