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May 22, 1999 · 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
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 and a Peabody Award. Cast and characters. Don Cheadle – Grant Wiggins; Cicely Tyson – Tante Lou; Mekhi Phifer – Jefferson; Irma P. Hall ...
Mar 20, 2021 · When a young black man is falsely convicted of killing a white shop owner; his hope for justice quickly fades, but an unlikely ally comes along to restore his faith in...
A Lesson Before Dying is Ernest J. Gaines' eighth novel, published in 1993. It was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
- Ernest J. Gaines
- 1993
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
Mar 8, 2024 · In a small Cajun community in 1940s Louisiana, a young black man named Jefferson is unjustly on death row for a murder he did not commit. His white attorney dehumanizes him, equating him to a ...
- 90 min
- 18
- Hollywood Classic Movie
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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.
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