Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)

6.0/10 • 95 min • Crime Drama TV Movie

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.

Cast

Jamie Foxx

Stan 'Tookie' Williams

Lynn Whitfield

Barbara Becnel

Lee Thompson Young

Charles Becnel

Brenden Jefferson

Young Stan Williams

Brenda Bazinet

Barbara's Agent

Greg Ellwand

Prison Chief

CCH Pounder

Winnie Mandela

Joseph Pierre

17yr. old Ray Washington

Karl Campbell

Deuce-Five

Martin Roach

Guard Morales

David Fraser

Strange Man

Aaron Meeks

Banger #1

Philip Craig

Warden Gomez

Rosemary Dunsmore

Warden Woodford

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