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A lesson before dying
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The work A lesson before dying represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Anaheim Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource A lesson before dying
Label
A lesson before dying
Statement of responsibility
Spanky Pictures production in association with Ellen M. Krass Productions ; a Joseph Sargetn film ; producer, Robert Benedetti ; teleplay by Ann Peacock ; directed by Joseph Sargent
Subject
  • African American men
  • African American men -- Louisiana -- Drama
  • African Americans -- Louisiana -- Fiction
  • DVD-Video discs
  • Death row inmates
  • Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Drama
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction television programs
  • Fiction television programs
  • Friendship
  • Friendship -- Fiction
  • Friendship -- Louisiana -- Drama
  • Gaines, Ernest J, 1933-
  • Gaines, Ernest J, 1933- -- Television adaptations
  • Louisiana
  • Louisiana -- Fiction
  • Louisiana -- Race relations -- Drama
  • Louisiana -- Race relations -- Drama
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Prisoners -- Fiction
  • Race relations
  • Race relations -- Fiction
  • Television adaptations
  • Television programs
  • Television programs
  • Television programs
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Genre
  • DVD-Video discs
  • Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction
  • Fiction television programs
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Television adaptations
  • Television programs
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Language
eng
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
Cataloging source
CANA
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Ernest Troost
Dewey number
791.436353
Intended audience
Rated PG-13
Language note
In English and Spanish soundtracks with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English
LC call number
  • PN1992.8.D7
  • PS3557.A355
LC item number
  • L47 2010
  • L47 1999
PerformerNote
Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer
Runtime
101
Target audience
general
Technique
live action

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  • A lesson before dying, Spanky Pictures production in association with Ellen M. Krass Productions ; a Joseph Sargetn film ; producer, Robert Benedetti ; teleplay by Ann Peacock ; directed by Joseph Sargent, (DVD)

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