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1 online resource (streaming video file (102 min.)) |
| Summary |
Based on the true life story 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, The Lena Baker Story takes place in the early 1900s through 1945 in Cuthbert, Georgia. Its the story of one womans attempt to rise above the challenges of life, the choices she makes, and the consequences of those choices. The moment she thinks she has overcome her inner demons, she is called to work for Elliot Arthur, a father, a millworker and a drunk. As their relationship unfolds, it becomes strange, strained, and highly unacceptable for the time. Elliot Arthur needs Lena and in return Lena seems to need him. He abuses her and keeps her from her children by imprisoning her in his home. When she has finally had enough, Lena stands up and attempts to break free from the bondage of Elliot Arthur. A struggle ensues, and Elliot Arthur, a white man, is shot by Lena Baker, an African-American woman, on a hot, humid night in Southwest Georgia in 1945 |
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Title from title frames |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2008 |
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Special features: Behind-the-scenes featurette; stills gallery |
| Credits |
Director of photography, M. Shawn Lewallen ; edited by Hunter M. Via ; original music by Todd Cochran |
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Tichina Arnold, Beverly Todd, Michael Rooker, Peter Coyote |
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This version produced by Accent Film Entertainment |
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In English |
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MPAA rating: PG-13 |
| Subject |
Baker, Lena, 1900-1945 -- Drama
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Baker, Lena, 1900-1945. fast (OCoLC)fst01962301 |
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Women death row inmates -- United States -- Drama
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Women murderers -- United States -- Drama
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Women death row inmates.
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Women murderers.
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United States.
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Internet videos.
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Fiction films.
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Biographical films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Historical films.
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Biographical films.
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Historical films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Films biographiques.
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Films historiques.
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Films de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Streaming video
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Wilcox, Ralph, 1951-
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Johnson, Dennis, 1945-2013
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Arnold, Tichina, 1971-
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Todd, Beverly, 1946-
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Rooker, Michael, 1955-
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Coyote, Peter.
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Lewallen, M. Shawn.
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Via, Hunter M., 1976-
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Cochran, Todd, 1951-
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Schusters Cash (Firm)
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Laughing Crow Entertainment.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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