Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

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.

Cast

Jamie Foxx

Stan 'Tookie' Williams

Lynn Whitfield

Barbara Becnel

Lee Thompson Young

Charles Becnel

Brenden Jefferson

Young Stan Williams

Brenda Bazinet

Barbara's Agent

N/A

Wes Williams

Tony Bogard

Greg Ellwand

Prison Chief

CCH Pounder

Winnie Mandela

N/A

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

Mrs. Williams

N/A

Tom Barnett

Jim Kates

Joseph Pierre

17yr. old Ray Washington

Karl Campbell

Deuce-Five