Everybody Hates Chris star Tichina Arnold will take on her first big-screen dramatic title-lead role of her acting career when she stars in the independent film, The Lena Baker Story, about the first woman in the state of Georgia sent to the electric chair.
The 44-year-old African American woman became a virtual sex slave to her white employer and killed him, claiming self-defense.
“The film is a cradle-to-grave story that offers a real perspective on Lena as opposed to just one incident,” writer-director-producer Ralph Wilcox tells the Hollywood Reporter. “Race does play a part, but this story is really about a woman torn between a rock and a hard place.”
The 44-year-old African American woman became a virtual sex slave to her white employer and killed him, claiming self-defense.
“The film is a cradle-to-grave story that offers a real perspective on Lena as opposed to just one incident,” writer-director-producer Ralph Wilcox tells the Hollywood Reporter. “Race does play a part, but this story is really about a woman torn between a rock and a hard place.”
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