Feature film — 2004
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)
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.
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Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
On screen
Cast & crew
Jamie Foxx
Stan 'Tookie' Williams
Lynn Whitfield
Barbara Becnel
Lee Thompson Young
Charles Becnel
Brenden Jefferson
Young Stan Williams
Brenda Bazinet
Barbara's Agent
Wes Williams
Tony Bogard
Greg Ellwand
Prison Chief
CCH Pounder
Winnie Mandela
Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
Mrs. Williams
Tom Barnett
Jim Kates
Joseph Pierre
17yr. old Ray Washington
Karl Campbell
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