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A Lesson Before Dying (TV Movie 1999) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A Lesson Before Dying: Directed by Joseph Sargent. With Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall. In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing of a white store owner.
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- Drama
- Joseph Sargent
- 1999-05-22
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.
When Grant learns of Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer), a young black man falsely accused of killing a white shop owner, he reluctantly visits the condemned prisoner. Gradually, the two form a friendship ...
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- Joseph Sargent
- PG-13
- Don Cheadle
1 hr 41 mins. Drama. PG13. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Ernest J. Gaines' bestseller, set in 1940s Louisiana, about an educated African-American (Don Cheadle) who returns to teach and fight racial...
- Joseph Sargent
A Lesson Before Dying is a 1999 American made-for-television drama film adapted from the 1993 Ernest J. Gaines novel of the same name. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie [1] and a Peabody Award.
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TV Movie Drama 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.
