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.
0783117159
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Film adaptations.
African American men-- Drama. --Louisiana
Death row inmates --Drama. --Louisiana
PS3557.A355
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.
0783117159
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Film adaptations.
African American men-- Drama. --Louisiana
Death row inmates --Drama. --Louisiana
PS3557.A355