No trailer seems to exist on-line at present. The DVD is available for purchase in the USA. However the closing scene of the movie was used to alert people about inequalities in education in Jena, Louisiana.
Here is a brief explanation of writing by novelist Ernest Gaines:
Links:
Jet Gardner, "DVD Review: Remembering The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," (May 7, 2006).
Biography of Gaines (Random House).
Biography of Gaines (University of Louisiana).
A conversation with Ernest Gaines, published in Humanities 19:4 (July/August 1998).Filmography for Ernest J. Gaines: A Lesson Before Dying, A Gathering of Old Men, The Sky is Gray, and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (www.fandango.com).
