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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

(2004)

January 21, 2004β€’ 1h 35m
60%
TMDB Score

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.

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Director

Top Billed Cast

JF

Jamie Foxx

Stan 'Tookie' Williams

LW

Lynn Whitfield

Barbara Becnel

LTY

Lee Thompson Young

Charles Becnel

BJ

Brenden Jefferson

Young Stan Williams

BB

Brenda Bazinet

Barbara's Agent

WW

Wes Williams

Tony Bogard

GE

Greg Ellwand

Prison Chief

CP

CCH Pounder

Winnie Mandela

BB

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

Mrs. Williams

TB

Tom Barnett

Jim Kates