aAF have just released the DVDRip of ‘The Lena Baker Story’. From all accounts it is a dramatic emotional roller-coaster, a film for those who relish stories of hope and the struggle of a woman against the immense odds that face her being the only black woman to face the electric chair in Alabama. Adapted from Lela’s Phillips book of the same name, this film premiered at Cannes.

Quality: DVDRip so quality is good.

Synopsis: 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 impossible circumstances.

As a young girl in the early 1900s Lena Baker (Tichina Arnold) and her mother (Beverly Todd) make ends meet by picking cotton in the hot southern sun of rural Cuthbert, Georgia. Lena grows up to work as a prostitute during the Roaring Twenties in an attempt to make enough money to head north and start anew. She is arrested before her dream is realized and sentenced to ten months of hard labor. Returning from this grueling experience and reuniting with her mother on the dusty road near their home, it is clear that Lena is changed forever.Years later, it seems that Lena has finally overcome her inner demons. She has three young children, she no longer drinks, she attends church regularly and helps her mother with their weekly laundry work. Just when it seems Lena may be able to forget the sorrow of her past, she is called to work for Elliot Arthur (Peter Coyote), a tyrannical white man known in Cuthbert for his angry disposition and drinking. Over time, Lena and Elliot develop a highly-charged relationship, filled with alcohol, cruelty and a troubling need for one another. 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.

Genre: Drama
Ratings: IMDB: 7.2/10.0 (30 votes) | RT: N/A
Directed by: Ralph Wilcox
Starring: Tichina Arnold, Dwayne Boyd, Chris Burns, Kenny Cook, Peter Coyote

Release Name: The.Lena.Baker.Story.2008.DVDRip.XviD-aAF
Video: XviD @ 813 Kbps - 640×272 (WxH) - AR: 16:9, FPS: 25.00
Audio: MP3 @ 130 Kbps (Variable) - 2 channels
Size: 712.35 MB, 1CD
Runtime: 103 Mins
Filename: aaf-tlbs

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