Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
20041h 35mCrime, Drama, TV Movie
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.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young
Cast
- Jamie FoxxStan 'Tookie' Williams
- Lynn WhitfieldBarbara Becnel
- Lee Thompson YoungCharles Becnel
- Brenden JeffersonYoung Stan Williams
- Brenda BazinetBarbara's Agent
- Wes WilliamsTony Bogard
- Greg EllwandPrison Chief
- CCH PounderWinnie Mandela
- Barbara Barnes-HopkinsMrs. Williams
- Tom BarnettJim Kates
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