
14 Jun 2014

My Man
As a young child, Hana loses her family to a devastating tsunami that wipes out her town. At a shelter, distant relative Jungo sees her wandering and adopts her as his daughter.
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.
Jane Pittman
Jimmy (age 7)
Master Bryant
Unc Isom
Elbert Cluveau
Lady at House
Colonel Dye
Mary
Job
Trooper Brown
Little Ned (age 5)
Ticey
Quentin Lerner
Big Laura
Joe Pittman
Mister Robert
Mme. Gautier
Ned (age 42)
Ferry Captain
Ned (age 18)
14 Jun 2014
As a young child, Hana loses her family to a devastating tsunami that wipes out her town. At a shelter, distant relative Jungo sees her wandering and adopts her as his daughter.
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