Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story
5.8
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
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Tichina Arnold
Lena Baker
Known for
Everybody Hates Chris
The Neighborhood
Dwayne Boyd
Juke Joint Man
Known for
Hangman
Jacob's Ladder
Ralph Wilcox
Pete Ballard
Hunter M. Via
Chris Burns
Max Arthur
Also in
The Walking Dead
The Other Side
Dennis Johnson
Lisa Hamil
Peter Coyote
Elliot Arthur
Known for
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
A Walk to Remember
Todd Cochran
Barton Rice
Kenny Cook
Barry Arthur
Known for
As I Lay Dying
Ralph Wilcox Director · Todd Cochran Composer Shawn Lewallen Cinematographer
Budget $2.5M · United States release November 6, 2008 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$2,500,000
Production
Schuster's Cash
Production
Laughing Crow Entertainment
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 10, 2008
Premiere · Atlanta Film Festival
United States · November 6, 2008
Limited theatrical
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