Summary In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing of a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. Nevertheless convicted, he is sentenced to die, but his godmother and the aunt of the local schoolteacher convince the schoolteacher to go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm to him that he is not an animal but a man with dignity. View more details
Directed : Joseph Sargent
Written : Ann Peacock Ernest J. Gaines
Stars : Don Cheadle Mekhi Phifer Irma P. Hall Cicely Tyson
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 21, 1999
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Laurel Valley, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
Production companies : HBO NYC Productions Spanky Pictures Ellen M. Krass Productions
Summary In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing of a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. Nevertheless convicted, he is sentenced to die, but his godmother and the aunt of the local schoolteacher convince the schoolteacher to go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm to him that he is not an animal but a man with dignity. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : May 21, 1999
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Laurel Valley, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
Production companies : HBO NYC Productions Spanky Pictures Ellen M. Krass Productions
