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A Lesson Before Dying 1999
A young man's destiny becomes a teacher's journey.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Writer: Ernest J. Gaines, Ann Peacock
Cast: Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer
Released: 22 May 1999
Runtime: 105 min
Language: English
Country: United States
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 d...
Awards
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 12 wins & 19 nominations total
Ratings
Internet Movie Database
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
