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1999

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	A lesson before dying [videorecording] / HBO Pictures ; produced by Robert Benedetti ; directed by Johseph Sargent ; teleplay by Ann Peacock.
Publisher, Date:	New York : HBO Home Video, c1999.
Description:	1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	A young black man, accused of murder and sentenced to die like an animal in 1940 Louisiana, is befriended by a black teacher who works to enrich a life he cannot save, and in so doing, somehow redeem his own.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13.
Subjects:	African American men -- Louisiana -- Drama. Death row inmates -- Louisiana -- Drama. Friendship -- Louisiana -- Drama. Television plays. Closed captioning. Television adaptations. Television programs.
Other Author:	Sargent, Joseph, 1925-2014 Cheadle, Don. Tyson, Cicely. Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019 HBO Video (Firm)
Notes:	Based on the novel by Ernest J. Gaines. Originally produced for television. Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; production design, Charles C. Bennett ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Ernest Troost. Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall, Brent Jannings. DVD, Dolby surround. For private home use only. English, French, and Spanish tracks with French and Spanish subtitles.
ISBN:	0783117159
Publisher Number:	91570
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	96479
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD TV Lesson b
Medium:	[videorecording]

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