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A Lesson Before Dying (TV)

1999

Joseph Sargent

Don Cheadle, Mekhi Phifer, Brent Jennings, Dana Ivey ...

5.9

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Drama Louisiana 1948, Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) is wrongly accused of the murder of a white shopkeeper. Racial inequality at the time is so pervasive that the defence lawyers' argument at jefferson's trial is that his client is not worthy of conviction. Outraged by this statement, Jefferson's godmother enlists the reluctant aid of teacher Grant Wiggins (Don Cheadle), to teach him to "be a man". As in Ernest J. Gaines' award winning novel, the ... [+]

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