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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story( 2004)

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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.

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      Jamie Foxx

      Stan 'Tookie' Williams

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      Lynn Whitfield

      Barbara Becnel

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      Lee Thompson Young

      Charles Becnel

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      Brenden Jefferson

      Young Stan Williams

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      Brenda Bazinet

      Barbara's Agent

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      Wes Williams

      Tony Bogard

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      Greg Ellwand

      Prison Chief

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      Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

      Mrs. Williams

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      Tom Barnett

      Jim Kates

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      Joseph Pierre

      17yr. old Ray Washington

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      Karl Campbell

      Deuce-Five

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      Martin Roach

      Guard Morales

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Apr 05 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 strives to do good, to help communities by way of education in book and oration form, but is the film heavily biased towards the redemptive angle? Is the monster side of Williams soft soaped? Sadly yes it is. We don't need to see continual violence thrust in our faces to know Williams was a very b...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • street gang