USA, 1974, John Korty

Here’s a rare opportunity to see one of the great made-for-TV movies on the big screen! Set during the 1960s, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman focuses on a Southern Black woman (an extraordinary Cicely Tyson) whose long life has spanned slavery to the Civil Rights Movement. On her 110th birthday, she recounts to a reporter some of what she has witnessed over her 11 decades. Director John Korty, who died in March, was a maverick independent filmmaker who graduated from Antioch College in 1959, won an Oscar in 1978 for his documentary feature Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, and inspired both George Lucas and Francis Coppola by establishing his own film studio in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s. From a novel by Ernest J. Gaines; with Odetta. DCP. 110 min. Special admission $11; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, and those age 25 & under $8. No passes or twofers.