Film
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
2008 · 1h 40m · History · Drama · Crime
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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.
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
Crew
- Ralph WilcoxDirector
- Dennis JohnsonProducer
- Shawn LewallenDirector of Photography
- Todd CochranOriginal Music Composer
- Hunter M. ViaEditor
- David SchifterCasting
- Lisa HamilCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 6, 2008
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Budget
- $2,500,000
- Genres
- History, Drama, Crime
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