A lesson before dying /

A lesson before dying / Videorecording. Joseph Sargent. - New York : HBO Home Video, c1999. - 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines.

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

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Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Film adaptations.


African American men-- Drama. --Louisiana
Death row inmates --Drama. --Louisiana

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