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A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying

4.8/10
May 22, 1999
101 minutes
Joseph Sargent
Drama

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.

Where to Watch

Stream

Amazon Prime Video

Movie Details

Release Date

May 22, 1999

Runtime

101 minutes

Director

Joseph Sargent

Rating

4.8/10

Production Companies

Spanky Pictures Ellen M. Krass Productions HBO Films

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