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2004

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall

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.

Duration

1h 35m

Released

March 3, 2004

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Cast12

  • Jamie Foxx
  • Lynn Whitfield
  • Lee Thompson Young
  • Brenden Jefferson
  • Brenda Bazinet
  • Wes Williams
  • Greg Ellwand
  • Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
  • Tom Barnett

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