Screenplay: Ernest J. Gaines
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Ernest J. Gaines. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
A Lesson Before Dying (TV)
1999 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Sargent
Cast Don Cheadle · Mekhi Phifer · Brent Jennings · Dana Ivey
Plot Louisiana 1948, Jefferson (Mekhi Phifer) is wrongly accused of the murder of a white shopkeeper. Racial inequality at the time is so pervasive that the defence lawyers' argument at jefferson's...
6.0
42 votes
6.0
42 votes
A Gathering of Old Men (TV)
1987 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Volker Schlöndorff
Cast Louis Gossett Jr. · Richard Widmark · Holly Hunter · Joe Seneca
5.2
58 votes
5.2
58 votes
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (TV)
1974 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction John Korty
Cast Cicely Tyson · Eric Brown · Richard Dysart · Joel Fluellen
Plot In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story...
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