Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story

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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.

Directed by Ralph Wilcox

Top cast

Tichina Arnold

Lena Baker

Dwayne Boyd

Juke Joint Man

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Chris Burns

Max Arthur

Peter Coyote

Elliot Arthur

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Kenny Cook

Barry Arthur

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Jasmine Farmer

Jasmine Farmer

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Mike Hickman

Mr. Candance

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Tom Huff

Ken Thomas

L. Warren Young

Milton

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