Additional information

Title

A Lesson Before Dying

Original Title

nan

Year

1999

Runtime

1 Hour 45 Min

Awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmys, 12 wins & 19 nominations total

Directors

Joseph Sargent

Writers

Ernest J. Gaines, Ann Peacock

Stars

Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer

IMDb Rating

6.7

Keywords

african american, 1940s, aunt, convenience store, politics

Country

USA

Language

English

Subtitles

English

A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing of 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 the schoolteacher t… Read all

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