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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
6.0 / 10• 2004• 1h 35m•NR• English
CrimeDramaTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Jamie Foxx
Stan 'Tookie' Williams
Lead
Lynn Whitfield
Barbara Becnel
Lee Thompson Young
Charles Becnel
Brenden Jefferson
Young Stan Williams
Brenda Bazinet
Barbara's Agent
WW
Wes Williams
Tony Bogard
Greg Ellwand
Prison Chief
CCH Pounder
Winnie Mandela
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vondie Curtis-Hall's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
