TY - BOOK TI - A lesson before dying SN - 0783117159 AV - PS3557.A355 PY - 1999/// CY - New York : PB - HBO Home Video, KW - Gaines, Ernest J., KW - African American men KW - Louisiana KW - Drama. KW - Death row inmates KW - Drama. N1 - Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines; Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Ernest Troost N2 - 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 ER -