Bounce TV Celebrates Juneteenth with 'Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'
By: News Release
Updated: June 19, 2012
Bounce TV, the nation's first and only broadcast
television network for African Americans, will celebrate Juneteenth by televising the highly-acclaimed TV
drama The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman on Tuesday, June 19 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. The film
has not aired on broadcast television in over 30 years.
Considered to be the first made-for-TV movie to portray African-American characters with depth, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is the story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The film won eight Emmy Awards including Best Lead Actress in a Drama for Cicely Tyson as Miss Jane Pittman and Best Director for John Korty.
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, honors the African American heritage by commemorating the abolition of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19th, 1865 that news that the war had ended and slaves were now free reached the city of Galveston, Texas. That date has become symbolic of the entire country's freedom from slavery and is the oldest known celebration of abolition.
Considered to be the first made-for-TV movie to portray African-American characters with depth, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is the story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The film won eight Emmy Awards including Best Lead Actress in a Drama for Cicely Tyson as Miss Jane Pittman and Best Director for John Korty.
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, honors the African American heritage by commemorating the abolition of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19th, 1865 that news that the war had ended and slaves were now free reached the city of Galveston, Texas. That date has become symbolic of the entire country's freedom from slavery and is the oldest known celebration of abolition.
