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"Gangster, Death Row Inmate, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee". 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.
Movie rating: 6.5 / 10 (2830)
Directed by: Vondie Curtis-Hall
Writer credits: J.T. Allen
Cast: Jamie Foxx - Lynn Whitfield - Lee Thompson Young - Brenden Jefferson - Brenden Jefferson
AKA: Noir comme l'espoir
