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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story(2004)
Status: Released
Date: 2004-03-03
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Time: 1h 35m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Movie: Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Top 10 Billed 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
Greg Ellwand
Prison Chief
Tom Barnett
Jim Kates
Joseph Pierre
17yr. old Ray Washington
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