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Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

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Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

6.0

1h 40m

2008

Synopsis

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.

Director

Ralph Wilcox

Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Tichina Arnold

Tichina Arnold

as Lena Baker

Dwayne Boyd

Dwayne Boyd

as Juke Joint Man

Chris Burns

as Max Arthur

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

as Elliot Arthur

Kenny Cook

as Barry Arthur

Jasmine Farmer

as Jasmine Farmer

Mike Hickman

as Mr. Candance

Tom Huff

as Ken Thomas

L. Warren Young

L. Warren Young

as Milton

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