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Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (2008)
Directed by Ralph Wilcox
History, Drama, Crime · 1h 40m
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
C
Chris Burns
Max Arthur
Peter Coyote
Elliot Arthur
K
Kenny Cook
Barry Arthur
J
Jasmine Farmer
Jasmine Farmer
M
Mike Hickman
Mr. Candance
T
Tom Huff
Ken Thomas
L. Warren Young
Milton
Michael Rooker
Sheriff Haney
Beverly Todd
Annie Baker
Tom Nowicki
Judge Winslow
Crew
- Director
- Ralph Wilcox
- Director of Photography
- Shawn Lewallen
- Original Music Composer
- Todd Cochran
- Editor
- Hunter M. Via
- Producer
- Dennis Johnson
Details
- Release date
- 2008-11-06
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- History, Drama, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Schuster's Cash, Laughing Crow Entertainment
- Budget
- $2,500,000