Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Jan 21, 2004

1h 35m

★ 6.0

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

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Cast

Stan 'Tookie' Williams

Jamie Foxx

Barbara Becnel

Lynn Whitfield

Charles Becnel

Lee Thompson Young

Young Stan Williams

Brenden Jefferson

Barbara's Agent

Brenda Bazinet

Tony Bogard

Wes Williams

Prison Chief

Greg Ellwand

Winnie Mandela

CCH Pounder

Mrs. Williams

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

Jim Kates

Tom Barnett

17yr. old Ray Washington

Joseph Pierre

Deuce-Five

Karl Campbell

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