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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 3, 2004

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Crime, Drama, TV Movie

User Score

60%

Original Title

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Director

Vondie Curtis-Hall

Description

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.