Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
| Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story | |
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| Written by | J.T. Allen |
| Directed by | Vondie Curtis-Hall |
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| Music by | Terence Blanchard |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Producer | Sue Bugden |
| Cinematography | David Greene |
| Editor | Terilyn A. Shropshire |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
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| Network | FX |
| Release | January 21, 2004 |
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story is a 2004 American biographical crime drama television film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, written by J.T. Allen, and starring Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young and CCH Pounder. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and was later broadcast on the FX network on April 11, 2004.
The film deals with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams (Foxx), the co-founding member of the Crips street gang. Along with showing his life in the streets and his time in San Quentin State Prison, it shows the work Williams did while incarcerated to help decrease gang violence in the world. The film was shot in 2003 while Williams was still imprisoned. On December 13, 2005, Williams was executed by lethal injection.