Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (2008)
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.
- Released
- 2008-11-06
- Genres
- History, Drama, Crime
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ralph Wilcox
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Tichina Arnold as Lena Baker
- Dwayne Boyd as Juke Joint Man
- Chris Burns as Max Arthur
- 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 as Milton
- Michael Rooker as Sheriff Haney
- Beverly Todd as Annie Baker
- Tom Nowicki as Judge Winslow