
06/11/2008
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.

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

Jasmine Farmer
as Jasmine Farmer

Mike Hickman
as Mr. Candance

Tom Huff
as Ken Thomas
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