the-lena-baker-story-trailer
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The moment Lena Baker(Tichina Arnold) think she has overcome her inner demons, she is called to work by a tyrannical white man, Elliot Arthur(Peter Cilye), a father, a mill worker and a drunk. They develop a highly charged relationship that society deems inappropriate for the time. His regular physical and mental abuse keeps Lena away from her children and mother(Beverly Todd). After imprisoning her in his home, Lena finally stands up and attempts to free from his bondage. A struggle ensues, and Elliot Arther, a white man, is shot dead by Lena Baker, an African-American women, on a hot humid night in Southwest Georgia in 1945. Following her arrest, a jury of 12 white men, her subpoenaed peers, found Lena guilty of murder in less than 6 hours. Lena Baker received the death penalty - earnig her a place in history as the first and only woman to be sentenced to death by electric chair in the state of Georgia.
The moment Lena Baker(Tichina Arnold) think she has overcome her inner demons, she is called to work by a tyrannical white man, Elliot Arthur(Peter Cilye), a father, a mill worker and a drunk. They develop a highly charged relationship that society deems inappropriate for the time. His regular physical and mental abuse keeps Lena away from her children and mother(Beverly Todd). After imprisoning her in his home, Lena finally stands up and attempts to free from his bondage. A struggle ensues, and Elliot Arther, a white man, is shot dead by Lena Baker, an African-American women, on a hot humid night in Southwest Georgia in 1945. Following her arrest, a jury of 12 white men, her subpoenaed peers, found Lena guilty of murder in less than 6 hours. Lena Baker received the death penalty - earnig her a place in history as the first and only woman to be sentenced to death by electric chair in the state of Georgia.
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