A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

A young man's destiny becomes a teacher's journey. 1999-05-22 United States of America 101 Min. PG-13
5.2 14 votes

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.

Cast

Don Cheadle is Grant Wiggins
Grant Wiggins
Cicely Tyson is Tante Lou
Tante Lou
Mekhi Phifer is Jefferson
Jefferson
Irma P. Hall is Miss Emma
Miss Emma
Brent Jennings is Reverend Ambrose
Reverend Ambrose
Lisa Arrindell is Vivian Baptiste
Vivian Baptiste
Dana Ivey is Edna Guidry
Edna Guidry
Frank Hoyt Taylor is Sheriff Guidry
Sheriff Guidry
Stuart Culpepper is Henri Pichot
Henri Pichot
Von Coulter is Farrell Jarreau
Farrell Jarreau
Elijah Kelley is Clarence
Clarence
Wynton Yates is Louis Washington
Louis Washington

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