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Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

6.0/10

November 6, 2008

100 minutes

Ralph Wilcox

History Drama Crime

Overview

Based on true events, The Lena Baker Story recounts one African-American womans struggle to rise above the challenges of her life, to face the choices she makes, and to ultimately triumph over her...Lena Baker was the first and only woman to be sentenced to death by the electric chair in the state of Georgia and was executed in 1945. She was pardoned posthumously in 2005.

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Movie Details

Release Date

November 6, 2008

Runtime

100 minutes

Director

Ralph Wilcox

Rating

6.0/10

Production Companies

Schuster's Cash Laughing Crow Entertainment

Trailer

Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story - Official Theatrical Trailer

Cast

Tichina Arnold

Lena Baker

Dwayne Boyd

Juke Joint Man

Chris Burns

Max Arthur

Peter Coyote

Elliot Arthur

Kenny Cook

Barry Arthur

Jasmine Farmer

Mike Hickman

Mr. Candance

Tom Huff

Ken Thomas

L. Warren Young

Milton