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Ralph Wilcox (writer)
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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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(Credited cast) | 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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Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story (USA) (new title)
A Verdadeira História de Lena Baker (Brazil) (DVD title) [pt]
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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.