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Coming out this week is 'Season of the Witch,' starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage.
Directed by Dominic Sena, the film also stars Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Robert Sheehan, Claire Foy, Ulrich Thomsen, and Stephen Graham.
Nicolas Cage stars in this supernatural action adventure about a heroic Crusader and his closest friend who return home after decades of fierce fighting, only to find their world destroyed by the Plague. The church elders, convinced that a girl accused of being a witch is responsible for the devastation, command the two to transport the strange girl to a remote monastery where monks will perform an ancient ritual to rid the land of her curse. They embark on a harrowing, action-filled journey that will test their strength and courage as they discover the girl's dark secret and find themselves battling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate of the world.
Out on home video is 'The Lena Baker Story,' which stars Tichina Arnold and is based on the true story of an impoverished and uneducated African-American woman's struggles in rural 1940s Georgia.
Also starring in the film are Beverly Todd, Peter Coyote and Michael Rooker.
Convicted and sentenced for the accidental killing of Elliot Arthur, the tyrannical, pistol-packing White man she was hired to care for - in a trial and deliberation that together lasted less than four hours - Baker was only 44 years old when she died in 1945 - the only woman to be sentenced to death by electric chair in the state of Georgia.
Said Baker before the switch was pulled, a barbaric death requiring several shocks and lasting six minutes, "What I done, I done in self-defense, or I would have been killed myself. Where I was, I could not overcome it. God has forgiven me. I have nothing against anyone. I picked cotton for Mr. Pritchett and he has been good to me. I am ready to go. I am one in the number. I am ready to meet my God. I have a very strong conscience."
Also out on DVD is 'Mama Flora's Family,' which stars Cicely Tyson, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah, Hill Harper, Mario Van Peebles, Shemar Moore, Della Reese, and Erika Alexander.
Winner of two NAACP Image Awards, this miniseries from Alex Haley takes up where his 'Roots' saga left off. The story spans fifty years and examines the struggles of Mama Flora, the black matriarch, and her family, including son Willie, granddaughter Diana and first-born son Luke, who was stolen from her at birth. She instills an understanding of God and family during a time when those ideals were questioned and never backs down as she observes three generations of her family live through the ever-changing American black experience.