A Lesson Before Dying
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| Originally published | 1993 |
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| Authors | Ernest J. Gaines |
| Publishers | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| Characters | Grant Wiggins |
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| Genres | Novel |
| Historical Fiction | |
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| Release date | May 22, 1999 |
| Directors | Joseph Sargent |
| Distributed by | HBO |
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| Mediacs AG | |
| Adapted from | A Lesson Before Dying |
| Written by | Ann Peacock |
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| ID | 973029 |
About A Lesson Before Dying
Grant Wiggins (Don Cheadle) is an African-American schoolteacher in the pre-Civil Rights Movement South who feels conflicted about his status as one of the only educated black men in his area. When Grant learns of Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer), a young black man falsely accused of killing a white shop owner, he reluctantly visits the condemned prisoner. Gradually, the two form a friendship, and Grant tries to remind Jefferson of his value as a human being. … MORE
