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.

Release Date

03 March 2004

95 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Stan 'Tookie' Williams
Barbara Becnel
Charles Becnel
Young Stan Williams
Barbara's Agent
Tony Bogard
Prison Chief
Winnie Mandela
Jim Kates
17yr. old Ray Washington
Deuce-Five