En febrero de 1962, mientras el movimiento por los derechos civiles llega a Bayona, Louisiana, un periodista neoyorkino viaja para entrevistar a Jane Pittman, que acaba de cumplir 110 años. Jane le contará su historia, cuyos primeros recuerdos se remontan a la época de la esclavitud y recorren un largo camino hacia la libertad. (FILMAFFINITY)

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.