Released:
2008-11-06

Overview:
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.

Director:
Ralph Wilcox

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
History, Drama, Crime

• 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