A Lesson Before Dying ★★★ 1999 (PG-13) Cheadle's impressive as idealistic teacher Grant Wiggins, who has a one-room school for black children in 1948 Louisiana. He's reluctantly pressed into service by his formidable Aunt Lou (Tyson) and her friend Miss Emma (Hall), who want him to bring some dignity to the life of Jefferson (Phifer). This is no easy task since the young man is awaiting execution for a crime he didn't commit. Based on the 1993 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. 100m/C VHS, DVD. Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall, Brent Jennings, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Frank Hoyt Taylor;
Director:
Joseph Sargent;
Writer:
Ann Peacock;
Writer:
Donald M. Morgan;
Cameo:
Ernest Troost. CABLE
