Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

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.

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Key crew

• Vondie Curtis-HallDirector
• J. T. AllenWriter
• Terence BlanchardOriginal Music Composer

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
• Joseph Pierre17yr. old Ray Washington
• Karl CampbellDeuce-Five

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