A Lesson Before DyingMovie
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.
About A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying is a 1999 drama movie directed by Joseph Sargent.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 41m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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