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.

Credits

Ralph WilcoxDirector

Tichina ArnoldLena Baker

Dwayne BoydJuke Joint Man

Chris BurnsMax Arthur

Peter CoyoteElliot Arthur