A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
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.
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Don Cheadle as Grant Wiggins |
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Cicely Tyson as Tante Lou |
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Mekhi Phifer as Jefferson |
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Irma P. Hall as Miss Emma |
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Brent Jennings as Reverend Ambrose |
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Lisa Arrindell as Vivian Baptiste |
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Dana Ivey as Edna Guidry |
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Frank Hoyt Taylor as Sheriff Guidry |
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Stuart Culpepper as Henri Pichot |
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Von Coulter as Farrell Jarreau |
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Elijah Kelley as Clarence |
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Wynton Yates as Louis Washington |
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Patty Mack as Inez |
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Jameelah Nuriddin as Irene |
| Writing | Ernest J. Gaines | Novel |
| Directing | Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Writing | Ann Peacock | Teleplay |
| Production | Robert Benedetti | Producer |
| Production | Ted Demme | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ellen Krass | Executive Producer |
| Production | Joel Stillerman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Daniele Bernstein | Associate Producer |
| Production | Celia D. Costas | Co-Producer |
| Production | Rick Dallago | Producer |
| Production | Tracy Falco | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Ernest Troost | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Donald M. Morgan | Cinematography |
| Editing | Michael Brown | Editor |
| Production | Robi Reed | Casting |
| Art | Charles C. Bennett | Production Design |
| Art | David Schlesinger | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hope Hanafin | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brian Badie | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sterfon Demings | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | K-Bobby | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Douglas Noe | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Catherine McCabe | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Gail Briant | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Scot Broadus | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Andrew M. Casbon III | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Tim Cohn | Set Dresser |
| Art | David Erwin | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Dave Kelsey | Scenic Artist |
| Art | Vince LeBlanc | Set Dresser |
| Art | Daniel A. Maes | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Gary Alexander | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jimmy Armstrong | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Rick Ash | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Scott Ganary | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Kenneth L. Johnson | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Shirley Libby | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Eric A. Norris | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Drew Ponder | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Richard Taylor | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Noel Vought | Foley Artist |
| Crew | David K. Nami | Special Effects |
| Crew | Chuck Jeffreys | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Ron Cooney | Key Grip |
| Camera | Bob Greene | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Erik Heinila | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Larry Kaster | Gaffer |
| Camera | Jerry Lane | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Russell McElhatton | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Paul Olinde | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Ben Pekkanen | Electrician |
| Camera | Ronald H. Raschke | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Michael L. Smith | Grip |
| Camera | Michael Joseph Walsh | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Darrin Dickerson | Electrician |
| Production | Yolanda D. Hunt | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mitzi Haralson | Costumer |
| Sound | Bob Beecher | Music Editor |
| Sound | Chris Ledesma | Music Editor |
