Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (2008)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 6, 2008Release Date
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (2008)
1h 40m
Running Time
November 6, 2008Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Dwayne Boyd
Juke Joint Man
Tichina Arnold
Lena Baker
Beverly Todd
Annie Baker
Peter Coyote
Elliot Arthur
Michael Rooker
Sheriff Haney
Kenny Cook
Barry Arthur
Chris Burns
Max Arthur
Mike Hickman
Mr. Candance
Susie Spear Purcell
Mrs. Riddle
Tom Huff
Ken Thomas
Jasmine Farmer
Young Nettie
Ralph Wilcox
Director
Jennifer Cameron
Set Decoration
Dennis Johnson
Producer
Kathryn Coombs
Costume Design
Todd Cochran
Composer
Details.
Release DateNovember 6, 2008
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Budget$2,500,000
Genres
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Wiki.
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story is a 2008 historical film. It is an adaptation of the book by Lela Bond Phillips, which chronicles the life and death of Lena Baker, an African-American woman in Georgia who was convicted in 1945 of capital murder and was the only woman to be executed by electric chair. She was posthumously pardoned by the state in 2005. The film was written for the screen and directed by Ralph Wilcox and stars Tichina Arnold and Peter Coyote.
As the opening night premiere film for the 2008 Atlanta Film Festival, it sold out. The film was also screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2008.
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