Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (movie)

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (movie)

  • User score: 6
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Vondie Curtis-Hall
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, TV Movie
  • Release date: 3/3/2004
  • Run time: 95 min.

Movie description

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.

Actors

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Role(s): Stan 'Tookie' Williams

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Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Role(s): Barbara Becnel

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Lee Thompson Young

Lee Thompson Young

Role(s): Charles Becnel

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Brenden Jefferson

Brenden Jefferson

Role(s): Young Stan Williams

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Brenda Bazinet

Brenda Bazinet

Role(s): Barbara's Agent

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