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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

DramaCrimeR

Duration

1h 35m

Release

21 Jan 2004

Country

United States

Language

English

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.

Plot

The story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, the former leader of the "Crips" gang. Stan wrote award-winning children's books, brokered peace treaties between warring gangs, and won a Nobel Peace Prize nomination before he was executed.

Cast

Jamie FoxxLynn WhitfieldLee Thompson Young

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.3/10

Details

Director

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Writers

J.T. Allen

Awards

12 wins & 8 nominations
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