Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

Name: Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
Director: Ralph Wilcox
Genre: History, Drama, Crime
Released: 2008-11-06
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Tichina Arnold, Dwayne Boyd, Chris Burns, Peter Coyote, Kenny Cook

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2008 · 100 min · History · Drama · Crime · TMDB 6.0/10

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.

Directed by Ralph Wilcox

Cast

Tichina Arnold — Lena Baker
Dwayne Boyd — Juke Joint Man
Chris Burns — Max Arthur
Peter Coyote — Elliot Arthur
Kenny Cook — Barry Arthur