A Lesson Before Dying
- A young man's destiny becomes a teacher's journey.
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 : 1999-05-22
Language :English
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : Spanky PicturesEllen M. Krass ProductionsHBO Films
Production Country : United States of America
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Cast
Character Name : Grant Wiggins
Original Name : Don Cheadle
Gender : Male
Character Name : Tante Lou
Original Name : Cicely Tyson
Gender : Female
Character Name : Jefferson
Original Name : Mekhi Phifer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Miss Emma
Original Name : Irma P. Hall
Gender : Female
Character Name : Reverend Ambrose
Original Name : Brent Jennings
Gender : Male
Character Name : Vivian Baptiste
Original Name : Lisa Arrindell
Gender : Female
Character Name : Edna Guidry
Original Name : Dana Ivey
Gender : Female
Character Name : Sheriff Guidry
Original Name : Frank Hoyt Taylor
Gender : Male
Character Name : Henri Pichot
Original Name : Stuart Culpepper
Gender : Male
Character Name : Farrell Jarreau
Original Name : Von Coulter
Gender : Male
Character Name : Clarence
Original Name : Elijah Kelley
Gender : Male
Character Name : Louis Washington
Original Name : Wynton Yates
Gender : Male
Character Name : Inez
Original Name : Patty Mack
Gender : Male
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