Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

Story

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

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

6 November 2008

Budget

$2,500,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Tichina Arnold

  Lena Baker

• 

  Dwayne Boyd

  Juke Joint Man

• Chris Burns

  Max Arthur

• 

  Peter Coyote

  Elliot Arthur

• Kenny Cook

  Barry Arthur

• Jasmine Farmer

  Jasmine Farmer

• Mike Hickman

  Mr. Candance

• Tom Huff

  Ken Thomas

• 

  L. Warren Young

  Milton