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Grant Wiggins (Don Cheadle) is an African-American schoolteacher in the pre-Civil Rights Movement South who feels conflicted about his status as one of the o...
- 94 min
- 15
- Blaxploitation 5
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.
- (1.1K)
- Drama
- Joseph Sargent
- 1999-05-22
May 22, 1999 · 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.
Grant Wiggins (Don Cheadle) is an African-American schoolteacher in the pre-Civil Rights Movement South who feels conflicted about his status as one of the only educated black men in his area. When...
- (5)
- Joseph Sargent
- PG-13
- Don Cheadle
May 22, 1999 · A Lesson Before Dying 1999. PG-13. Released May 22, 1999 + 1 more. Runtime 1h 41m. Director Joseph Sargent. Writers Ann Peacock (teleplay) + 1 more. Country United States. Languages English. Studios Spanky Pictures + 2 more. Genres Drama. A young man's destiny becomes a teacher's journey.
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- Joseph Sargent
- PG-13
- Don Cheadle
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.
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