Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

5.9(54 votes)
2004
1h 35m
Crime
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.

Cast

Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx

Stan 'Tookie' Williams

Lynn Whitfield

Lynn Whitfield

Barbara Becnel

Lee Thompson Young

Lee Thompson Young

Charles Becnel

Brenden Jefferson

Brenden Jefferson

Young Stan Williams

Brenda Bazinet

Brenda Bazinet

Barbara's Agent

Wes Williams

Wes Williams

Tony Bogard

Greg Ellwand

Greg Ellwand

Prison Chief

CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Winnie Mandela

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

Mrs. Williams

Tom Barnett

Tom Barnett

Jim Kates

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