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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman  Cover Image DVD DVD

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Summary: The story of the life an African American woman from Louisiana, from the time of her childhood as a slave in the pre-Civil War South to 1962, when she witnesses the birth of the civil rights movement at the age of one hundred and ten.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0738930938
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs, NR, (150 min.) : sound, color, closed captioned ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Edition: Thirtieth Anniversary Special Edition ; Fullscreen.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Sony Wonder, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the Novel by Ernest J. Gaines.
Originally broadcast on television in 1973.
Disc 1: Feature ; Disc 2: Special Features.
Features: making of the film documentary, the writing of the book documentary, Oral story tellin' tradition documentary, Emmy award clips, interactive menus, scene access.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, James Crabe ; production design, Michael Haller ; film editor, Sidney Levin ; music, Fred Karlin.
Participant or Performer Note: Cicely Tyson, Richard A. Dysart, Katherine Helmond, Michael Murphy, Roy Poole.
Target Audience Note:
Not Rated.
System Details Note:
DVDs Dolby Digital.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Gaines, Ernest J 1933- Television adaptations
Gaines, Ernest J 1933- Film adaptations
African American women Drama
African Americans Civil rights Drama
Biographical films
Historical films
Made-for-TV movies
Television adaptations
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Feature films

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Indian Valley. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Indian Valley Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Indian Valley Public Library DVD Autobiography (Text) 39427101788040 DVD Room: DVD Fiction Available -

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