poster

Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

History | Drama

6.0

Release Date

November 6, 2008

Duration

100 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Tichina Arnold

Lena Baker

Tichina Arnold

Dwayne Boyd

Juke Joint Man

Dwayne Boyd

Chris Burns

Max Arthur

Chris Burns

Peter Coyote

Elliot Arthur

Peter Coyote

Kenny Cook

Barry Arthur

Kenny Cook

Jasmine Farmer

Jasmine Farmer

Jasmine Farmer

Mike Hickman

Mr. Candance

Mike Hickman

Tom Huff

Ken Thomas

Tom Huff