A Lesson Before Dying

A young man's destiny becomes a teacher's journey.

4.8
19991h 41m

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.

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Photo of Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle

Grant Wiggins

Photo of Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Tante Lou

Photo of Mekhi Phifer

Mekhi Phifer

Jefferson

Photo of Irma P. Hall

Irma P. Hall

Miss Emma

Photo of Brent Jennings

Brent Jennings

Reverend Ambrose

Photo of Lisa Arrindell

Lisa Arrindell

Vivian Baptiste

Photo of Dana Ivey

Dana Ivey

Edna Guidry

Photo of Frank Hoyt Taylor

Frank Hoyt Taylor

Sheriff Guidry

Photo of Von Coulter

Von Coulter

Farrell Jarreau

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