A Lesson Before Dying - 1999

In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. Nevertheless convicted, he is sentenced to die, but his godmother and the aunt of the local schoolteacher convince school teacher go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm to him that he is not an animal but a man with dignity.

4.8

T M D B

Watch Trailer

Origin Country

United States of America 

Spoken Languages

English 

Drama

Streaming:BEBFCDCHCIFRGFLUMCMGMLNEPFSCSMSNVA

Released

Status

1999-05-22

Release Date

$0.00

Budget

$0.00

Revenue

4.0332

Popularity

1h 41min

Runtime

A young man's destiny becomes a teacher's journey.

Tagline

16

Vote Count