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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.
- Hope & Redemption, by Lela Bond Phillips
- Ralph Wilcox
- Dennis Johnson, Ralph Wilcox
Trama. Il film racconta la vita di Lena Baker che lavorava come domestica in una piccola città per mantenere i suoi tre figli. Uccise per legittima difesa il suo datore di lavoro e venne condannata nel 1945 per omicidio alla pena capitale da una giuria di soli bianchi divenendo l'unica donna in Georgia ad essere giustiziata sulla sedia elettrica.
- 106 min
- drammatico
Lena Baker (June 8, 1900 – March 5, 1945) was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, who was convicted of capital murder of a white man, Ernest Knight. She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945. Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution.
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- June 8, 1900, Cuthbert, Georgia, US
10 apr 2008 · Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story: Directed by Ralph Wilcox. With Tichina Arnold, Beverly Todd, Peter Coyote, Michael Rooker. A chronicle of the life of Lena Baker, the first woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia for the murder of her employer, who forced her into sexual slavery.
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- Crime, Drama, History
- Ralph Wilcox
- 2008-04-10
Based on true events, THE LENA BAKER STORY recounts one African-American woman's struggle to rise above the challenges of her life, to face the choices she makes, and to ultimately triumph over her impossible circumstances.
Lena Baker (Cuthbert, 8 giugno 1900 – Reidsville, 5 marzo 1945) fu una cameriera afroamericana, ingiustamente condannata per l'omicidio volontario del suo datore di lavoro bianco, Ernest Knight, e giustiziata nel 1945. Baker fu l'unica donna in Georgia ad essere giustiziata sulla sedia elettrica..
9 dic 2005 · Lena Baker was the first and only woman to be executed in Georgia’s electric chair. She was executed in 1945, after she was convicted of murdering a man who had imprisoned her. At the time of Baker’s execution, the Georgia prison system was under scrutiny for reform.
