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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004 · 95 min

A heavy, sobering true-life drama that traces a violent rise and a long, earnest reckoning behind bars.

Genres
Crime, Drama, Tv movie
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.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • redemption
  • violence
  • crime
  • justice
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
crime, drama, tv movie
Directed by
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Written by
J. T. Allen
Starring
Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young, Brenden Jefferson, Brenda Bazinet, Wes Williams, Greg Ellwand, CCH Pounder
Music
Terence Blanchard
Cinematography
David Greene
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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