Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

A lesson before dying / Joseph Sargent. Videorecording.

Material type: TextPublication details: New York : HBO Home Video, c1999.Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 inISBN:
  • 0783117159
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS3557.A355
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Ernest Troost.
Summary: 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.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
Holdings
Cover image Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info URL Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds Item hold queue priority Course reserves
Judith Thomas Library Audio-Visuals Audio-Visual DVD207 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) DVD207 Available

Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines.

Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Ernest Troost.

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.