Collections/October 2021

Three Starring Cicely Tyson

Legendary actor Cicely Tyson, who passed away in January at age ninety-six, brought a powerful presence, dignity, and strength to each of her pioneering performances, which were instrumental in advancing the depiction of Black women on-screen. This tribute gathers three of her finest performances: her standout turn as a daughter defying her dying father’s wishes in the screen adaptation of Carson McCullers’s southern gothic classic The Heart is a Lonely Hunter ; award-winning portrayal of a woman whose life spans the era of slavery and the civil rights movement in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman ; and heartwarming collaboration with Richard Pryor in the sweetly irreverent comedy Bustin’ Loose .

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