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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Summary: Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Release Date: January 31, 1974

Genres: Drama, History

Director: John Korty

Writers: Tracy Keenan Wynn

, Ernest J. Gaines

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: TV-PG

Production: Tomorrow Entertainment

Distributor: Starmaker Entertainment, Sony Wonder, Classic Media, Anderson Digital, HBO Max, Broadway Video, The Criterion Channel, UAV Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

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