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.
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Cicely Tyson as Jane Pittman
Eric Brown as Jimmy (age 7)
Richard Dysart as Master Bryant
Joel Fluellen as Unc Isom
Will Hare as Elbert Cluveau
Katherine Helmond as Lady at House
David Hooks as Colonel Dye
Elinora B. Johnson as Mary
Warren Kenner as Job
Dudley Knight as Trooper Brown
Derrick Mills as Little Ned (age 5)
Valeria Odell as Ticey
Michael Murphy as Quentin Lerner
Odetta as Big Laura
Rod Perry as Joe Pittman
Roy Poole as Mister Robert
Josephine Premice as Mme. Gautier
Thalmus Rasulala as Ned (age 42)
Al Scott as Ferry Captain
Dan Smith as Ned (age 18)
Carol Sutton as Vivian
Wilbur Swartz as Confederate Colonel
Bill Walker as Elder Banks
Collin Wilcox Paxton as Mistress Bryant
Arnold Wilkerson as Jimmy
Beatrice Winde as Lena
Teddy Airhart as Sheriff Guidry (uncredited)
Woody Chambliss as Freedom Investigator (uncredited)
Barbara Chaney as Amma Dean (uncredited)
Jerry Green as Etienne (uncredited)
Jerry Leggio as Carpetbagger (uncredited)
Harold Sylvester as Sam (uncredited)
Tony Thomas as Timmy (uncredited)
Brick Tilley as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
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