The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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This screening will be free in honor of Juneteenth. Join the Phoenixville Juneteenth committee before the screening for a 5:15 performance by the Forward Impact Life Ministries Choir, and at 6:20 2GBG Productions presents a performance of ON JUNETEENTH: The Reasons Why We Celebrate, a short play by local playwright Ava King .
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“[Tyson’s] performance, though, goes far beyond the make-up. She absorbs herself completely into Miss Jane, in the process creating a marvelous blend of sly humor, shrew perceptions and innate dignity.” – New York Times
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.
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- Genre Drama
- Director John Korty
- Released 1974
- Runtime 1h 50m
- Rated PG
- Studio AGFA
- CountryUnited States
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