Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Cast & Crew
Jamie Foxx
as Stan 'Tookie' Williams
Lynn Whitfield
as Barbara Becnel
Lee Thompson Young
as Charles Becnel
Brenden Jefferson
as Young Stan Williams
Brenda Bazinet
as Barbara's Agent
Wes Williams
as Tony Bogard
Greg Ellwand
as Prison Chief
CCH Pounder
as Winnie Mandela
Barbara Barnes-Hopkins
as Mrs. Williams
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Director
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.
