Black History on the Big Screen: The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

 ‘The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman’ is a 1971 fictional history of 110-year-old African American woman, Jane Pittman. The novels uses Jane’s narrative to trace her life from enslavement at the end of the American Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The film touches on themes such as emancipation, racial violence and Black resistance in the rural South of America.

All students and staff are welcome. Popcorn is provided and please feel free to bring your own drinks.

Venue: Ian Lowe Centre in the School of Medicine, Ninewells