The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman [Blu-ray]

Based on the book by Ernest Gaines, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman originally aired on CBS in 1974. In this fictionalized biography, Cicely Tyson stars as the 110-year-old Jane Pittman, who recounts the events of her life as they relate to a century of racism in America. Born into slavery in the 1860s, Jane lives through the Civil War and into the civil rights movement. A winner of multiple Emmy awards, this made-for-TV movie is appropriate for classroom use in junior high and high school. Also starring folk music legend Odetta as Big Laura.