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A Lesson Before Dying
Running Time: 120 min.
MPAA Rating: PG13
Produced By: / HBO

Summary:
Don Cheadle, Mekhi Phifer, and Cicely Tyson star in this drama set in the 1940s about a black man sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit and teacher who is to counsel him as he awaits execution. A Lesson Before Dying is based on a novel by ... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Don Cheadle (Grant Wiggins) Cicely Tyson (Tante Lou) Mekhi Phifer (Jefferson) Irma P. Hall (Miss Emma) All Cast & Crew >> Review: It's too much of a lesson to make for great entertainment, but A Lesson Before Dying wasn't made to sell popcorn. In fact, it wasn't even made for the theater. By 1999, cable was the only home for steadfastly earnest movies about soul-searching black ... Continue >>

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