"A Lesson Before Dying" Story that tells life like it was.
             The movie is directed by Joseph Sargent and based on a book by Ernest J. Gaines
             about a man awaiting his execution in 1948 Louisiana. It's a story about being in the
             wrong place at the wrong time. An innocent man is sentence to die and his family wants
             him to die like a man with dignity, because they gave up the hope of justice for a black
             Young man Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) was going fishing, when two friends driving
             by gave him a ride. They stopped at a local store to buy some liquor. They realized that
             they don't have enough money and white owner didn't want to grant them a store credit.
             The two black men refused to leave and one of them started walking toward the man.
             The white owner pulled out a gun killing him, while the other pulled out a gun and shot
             the owner who fired back killing him. Jefferson was the only one who survived this tragic
             event. He was lost and didn't know what to do. He realized that white man was shoot and
             all the blame will go on him. He reached into the cash register and took the money but as
             he was taking the money white people walked into the store. They saw three people dead
             and Jefferson taking the money. They were convinced that this was a robbery.
             Convicting him was not a problem since all the juries were white people. Public
             defender tried unsuccessfully to save him by using the defense plea that "Killing him was
             like killing a hog it would serve no purpose, even if he were guilty, because he is not a
             man and is not capable of planning a robbery or a murder." He was sentenced to die.
             Nanette (Irma Hall) is the old woman who raised Jefferson and her only wish is
             for him to die like a man. Along with Tante Lou (Ciceley Tyson) she goes to Grant
             Wiggins (Don Cheadle) a local teacher at the plantation school. They both think he is
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