A Lesson Before Dying 1999  PG-13, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, Mekhi Phifer, Irma P. Hall, Brent Jennings, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Stuart Culpepper, Patty Mack, Elijah Kelley
Set in the South during the 1940s, Don Cheadle plays the role of Grant Wiggins–a teacher, who at the request of a condemned man's mother, Miss Emma (Irma P. Hall) and aunt Tante Lou (Cicely Tyson), goes to visit Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) daily while he awaits execution. Jefferson was wrongly convicted in a brutal trial that took away his dignity; it falls on Wiggins to help restore this black man's self esteem.
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Night Shadows 1984  R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Mutant
Director: John "Bud" Cardos, Mark Rosman
Cast: Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, Lee Montgomery, Jody Medford, Marc Clement, Cary Guffey, Jennifer Warren, Danny Nelson, Mary Nell Santacroce, Stuart Culpepper, Wallace Wilkinson, Johnny Popwell Sr.
Brothers Josh and Mike (Wings Hauser and Lee Montgomery) visit a small Georgia town. When Mike disappears, Josh, the local sheriff (Bo Hopkins), and school teacher Holly (Jody Medford) conduct a search for him. It turns out that the townsfolk live near a toxic waste dump, which has turned most residents into zombies. Getting Mike back may be difficult.
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| 1. A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
2. Night Shadows (1984)
aka: Mutant
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