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A lesson before dying / Joseph Sargent. Videorecording.

Material type: TextTextPublication 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
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
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.