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.

Details

Cast

Jamie Foxx

Lynn Whitfield

Lee Thompson Young

Brenden Jefferson

Brenda Bazinet

Wes Williams

Greg Ellwand

CCH Pounder

Barbara Barnes-Hopkins

Tom Barnett