A lesson before dying

Sargent, Joseph, 1925-2014 (Added Author). Benedetti, Robert L. (Added Author). Peacock, Ann. (Added Author). Tyson, Cicely (Added Author). Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- (Added Author). Cheadle, Don. (Added Author). Gaines, Ernest J 1933- Lesson before dying. (Added Author). HBO Video (Firm) (Added Author). Spanky Pictures. (Added Author). Ellen M. Krass Productions. (Added Author). Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Brent Jennings, Irma P. Hall. (Cast).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 0783114559
ISBN: 9780783114552
Physical Description: videorecording
videocassette
1 videocassette (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Publisher: New York : HBO Home Video, c1999.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restricted to home use or face to face teaching.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Ernest Troost.
Participant or Performer Note:	Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Brent Jennings, Irma P. Hall.
System Details Note:	VHS.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.