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4.6/10   101 votes
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Director:
Ralph Wilcox
Writer:
Ralph Wilcox (writer)
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Genre:
Crime | Drama | History more
Plot:
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. | full synopsis
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Cast

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Tichina Arnold ... Lena Baker

Dwayne Boyd ... Juke Joint Man #1

Chris Burns ... Max Arthur

Kenny Cook ... Barry Arthur

Peter Coyote ... Elliot Arthur

Jasmine Farmer ... Young Netty
Mike Hickman ... Mr. Candance

Tom Huff ... Ken Thomas

Randy McDowell ... Lyle Jacobs

Ron Prather ... Mr. Riddle
Frank Roberts ... Mr. Powell

Michael Rooker

Ron Clinton Smith ... Cotton Foreman
Susie Spear ... Mrs. Riddle

Jody Thompson ... Ronnie Edwards
Beverly Todd

Dikran Tulaine ... Mr ferris
Bobby 'JoJo' White ... Juke Joint Man #2
Michaela Worthy ... Alice Lee
L. Warren Young ... Milton
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (USA) (new title)
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Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Jokara-Micheaux Film Studios, Colquitt, Georgia, USA
Company:
Laughing Crow Entertainment more

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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
A little better perspective..., 28 April 2009
4/10
Author: quantize from Australia

Here's a second, more sober and realistic review.

This film has a very made-for-TV quality, and despite a decent cast, the acting and script is quite plain and corny..

.the music in particular is very hammy in some scenes (clearly the producers and directors thought gospel singing throughout quiet dialog scenes was required to INSTRUCT the audience how to feel - a mark of poorly executed drama). The music cues are horribly instructive and rob most of the scenes of genuine depth.

It's always a shame when a worthwhile story is told so poorly, but this reeks of misconceived earnest intentions. You feel the desperation of the creators to elicit emotion, but it's so bogged down in contrived melodrama it misfires completely and will greatly disappoint anyone looking for an insightful racial drama.

That IMDb score needs to come down a bit closer to reality..it's no Oscar material, that is most certain.

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