Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall

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Released: January 21, 2004
Runtime: 1h 35m

About Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Crime
Drama
TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Writer: J. T. Allen

Principal cast

In billing order

Jamie FoxxStan 'Tookie' Williams
Lynn WhitfieldBarbara Becnel
Lee Thompson YoungCharles Becnel
Brenden JeffersonYoung Stan Williams
Brenda BazinetBarbara's Agent
Wes WilliamsTony Bogard

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