A Lesson Before Dying
A young man's destiny becomes a teacher's journey.
1999 | 101m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Joseph Sargent |
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| Writer: | Ernest J. Gaines |
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| In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. Nevertheless convicted, he is sentenced to die, but his godmother and the aunt of the local schoolteacher convince school teacher go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm to him that he is not an animal but a man with dignity. | |
| Release Date: | May 22, 1999 |
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| Director: | Joseph Sargent |
| Writer: | Ernest J. Gaines |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | politics, aunt, 1940s |
| Production Companies | Spanky Pictures, HBO Films, Ellen M. Krass Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Don Cheadle | Grant Wiggins |
| Cicely Tyson | Tante Lou |
| Mekhi Phifer | Jefferson |
| Irma P. Hall | Miss Emma |
| Brent Jennings | Reverend Ambrose |
| Lisa Arrindell | Vivian Baptiste |
| Dana Ivey | Edna Guidry |
| Frank Hoyt Taylor | Sheriff Guidry |
| Stuart Culpepper | Henri Pichot |
| Von Coulter | Farrell Jarreau |
| Elijah Kelley | Clarence |
| Wynton Yates | Louis Washington |
| Patty Mack | Inez |
| Name | Job |
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| Ernest J. Gaines | Novel |
| Ann Peacock | Teleplay |
| Joseph Sargent | Director |
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| Robert Benedetti | Producer |
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