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)
Valerie 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)
Crew
John Korty
Director
Tracy Keenan Wynn
Screenplay
Ernest J. Gaines
Novel
Sidney Levin
Editor
Mike Klein
Assistant Editor
James Crabe
Director of Photography
Ric Rondell
First Assistant Director
Nathan Haggard
Second Assistant Director
Rick Rosenberg
Producer
Philip Barry Jr.
Producer
Robert W. Christiansen
Producer
Michael D. Haller
Production Design
Jack G. Roberts
Casting
Lynda Gurasich
Hairstylist
Rick Baker
Makeup Artist
Stan Winston
Makeup Supervisor, Makeup Effects
James A. Corbett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles T. Knight
Sound
Terry D. Frazee
Special Effects
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
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