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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)

6.0/10 1h 35m Mar 03, 2004
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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx
Stan 'Tookie' Williams
Popularity: 10.1
Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield
Barbara Becnel
Popularity: 1.5
Lee Thompson Young
Lee Thompson Young
Charles Becnel
Popularity: 0.5
Brenden Jefferson
Brenden Jefferson
Young Stan Williams
Popularity: 3.5
Brenda Bazinet
Brenda Bazinet
Barbara's Agent
Popularity: 3.9
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Wes Williams
Tony Bogard
Popularity: 1.3
Greg Ellwand
Greg Ellwand
Prison Chief
Popularity: 0.5
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Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
Mrs. Williams
Popularity: 0.1
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Tom Barnett
Jim Kates
Popularity: 0.7
Joseph Pierre
Joseph Pierre
17yr. old Ray Washington
Popularity: 0.4
Karl Campbell
Karl Campbell
Deuce-Five
Popularity: 1.0
Martin Roach
Martin Roach
Guard Morales
Popularity: 1.4

Key Crew

Director Vondie Curtis-Hall
Writer J.T. Allen

Keywords

street gang

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 6/10
Apr 5, 2015

Red Light - Green Light If solely judged on Tookie Williams during his prison years, Redemption is a cracker-jack piece of film. It drives from the heart a sincerity that here was a man, that basically unleashed gangland hell on America, who desperately craved redemption from his prison cell. He ... Read more

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Details
Release Date March 3, 2004
Runtime 1h 35m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
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