
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.

as Jane Pittman

as Jimmy (age 7)

as Master Bryant

as Unc Isom

as Elbert Cluveau

as Lady at House

as Colonel Dye

as Mary

as Job

as Trooper Brown

as Little Ned (age 5)

as Ticey

as Quentin Lerner

as Big Laura

as Joe Pittman

as Mister Robert

as Mme. Gautier

as Ned (age 42)

as Ferry Captain

as Ned (age 18)

as Vivian

as Confederate Colonel

as Elder Banks

as Mistress Bryant

as Jimmy

as Lena

as Sheriff Guidry (uncredited)

as Freedom Investigator (uncredited)

as Amma Dean (uncredited)

as Etienne (uncredited)

as Carpetbagger (uncredited)

as Sam (uncredited)

as Timmy (uncredited)

as Rebel Soldier (uncredited)