Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004 · 1h 35m · R
Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Directed by
Vondie Curtis-Hall
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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Overview
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection.
Director and cast
- Vondie Curtis-Hall Director
- Jamie Foxx as Stan 'Tookie' Williams
- Lynn Whitfield as Barbara Becnel
- Lee Thompson Young as Charles Becnel
- Brenden Jefferson as Young Stan Williams
- Brenda Bazinet as Barbara's Agent
- Wes Williams as Tony Bogard
- Greg Ellwand as Prison Chief
- CCH Pounder as Winnie Mandela
- Barbara Barnes-Hopkins as Mrs. Williams
- Tom Barnett as Jim Kates
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