The Lena Baker Story

The Lena Baker Story

Infobox Film
name = The Lena Baker Story


caption = Theatrical Poster
director = Ralph Wilcox
producer = Dennis Johnson
Ralph Wilcox
writer = Ralph Wilcox (Film)
Lela Bond Phillips (Novel)
starring = Tichina Arnold
Peter Coyote
distributor = American World Pictures
released = April 10 2008
runtime =
country = USA
language = English
mpaa_rating = PG
imdb_id = 1139662

The Lena Baker Story is an adaption of the book by Lela Bond Phillips that chronicles the life and death of Lena Baker. It was written for the screen and directed by Ralph Wilcox. It was the sold out opening night premiere film for the 2008 Atlanta Film Festival. The film was also screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16. [ [http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/movies/entries/2008/04/11/lena_baker_open.html "‘Lena Baker’ opens Atlanta fest, will soon hit Cannes Market" Access Atlanta retrieved Sept. 13 '08] ]

ynopsis

The film chronicles of the life of Lena Baker, a young maid and mother of three who was the only woman to be sent to the electric chair in Georgia for the murder of her employer, Ernest Knight, a brutal and abusive drunk who forced her into sexual slavery.

Main Cast

* Tichina Arnold - Lena Baker
* Peter Coyote - Ernest Knight
* Michael Rooker - Randolph County Sheriff
* Beverly Todd - Lena's Mother
* Randy McDowell - Lyle Jacobs
* Tom Huff - Ken Thomas
* L. Warren Young - Milton
* Ron Clinton Smith
* Dwayne Boyd

References

External Links

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* [http://www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/featuredarticles/guestcontributor/ralphwilcox_thelenabakerstory "Films Have Power to Be the Voice of Change" at movingpicturesmagazine.com]


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