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A lesson before dying /

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A frustrated teacher in a southern town whose education is being underutilized finds his own purpose in helping bring meaning to the last days of a young man due to be executed. In teaching one person to die with dignity, he redeems himself.

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Uniform Title:Lesson before dying (Motion picture)
Main Author: Troost, Ernest V. (Composer)
Corporate Authors: HBO NYC Productions, Spanky Pictures (Firm), Ellen M. Krass Productions, HBO Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Benedetti, Robert L. (Producer), Peacock, Ann (Screenwriter), Cheadle, Don (Actor), Tyson, Cicely (Actor), Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- (Actor), Brown, Michael (Film editor), Morgan, Donald M. (Donald Maxwell), 1932- (Cinematographer), Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English or Spanish; with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Published: New York, N.Y. : HBO Home Video, [1999]
Subjects:
Feature films.
African American men > Louisiana > Drama.
Death row inmates > Louisiana > Drama.
Louisiana > Race relations > Drama.
Friendship > Louisiana > Drama.
Made-for-TV movies.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
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by Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019
Published 1994
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