Movie Description
A Lesson Before Dying
(1999)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
Cast
Grant Wiggins
Tante Lou
Jefferson
Miss Emma
Reverend Ambrose
Vivian Baptiste
Edna Guidry
Sheriff Guidry
Henri Pichot
Farrell Jarreau
Clarence
Louis Washington
Inez
Irene
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Facts
Original TitleA Lesson Before Dying
Status Released
Release Information
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1999-05-22
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 41m
Production CompaniesSpanky Pictures,Ellen M. Krass Productions,HBO Films
Genres
- Drama
