A Lesson Before Dying (film)
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A Lesson Before Dying is a television film released in 1999 adapted from the Ernest J. Gaines novel of the same title
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A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying is Ernest J. Gaines' eighth novel, published in 1993.-Point of view:The reader is given a unique outlook on the status of African Americans in the South, after World War II and before the Civil Rights Movement...
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Cast and characters
- Don CheadleDon CheadleDonald Frank "Don" Cheadle, Jr. is an American film actor and producer. Cheadle rose to prominence in the late 1990s and the early 2000s for his supporting roles in the Steven Soderbergh-directed films Out of Sight, Traffic, and Ocean's Eleven...
– Grant Wiggins - Cicely TysonCicely TysonCicely Tyson is an American actress. A successful stage actress, Tyson is also known for her Oscar-nominated role in the film Sounder and the television movies The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Roots....
– Tante Lou - Mekhi PhiferMekhi PhiferMekhi Thira Phifer is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his multi-year role as Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and his co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile...
– Jefferson - Elaine Russell – Miss Emma
- Brent Jennings – Reverend Ambrose
- Lisa Arrindell Anderson – Vivian Baptiste
- Frank Hoyt Taylor – Sheriff Guidry
- Stuart Culpepper – Henri Pichot
- Patty Mack – Inez
- Elijah KelleyElijah KelleyElijah Kelley is an American actor, singer, and dancer. Kelley has appeared in the films Take the Lead and 28 Days , and co-starred in the musical film re-adaptation of Hairspray , in which he portrayed the character Seaweed J...
– Clarence - Wynton Yates – Louis Washington
- Clay Chappell – Paul
- Cierra Meche – Estelle