Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004 · 95 min · ★ 6.0 · Crime, Drama, TV Movie

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.

Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall · Written by J. T. Allen

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