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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story is a (2004) TV-movie starring Jamie Foxx and Lynn Whitfield. The film was directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall. Other cast members in the film include Lee Thompson Young and CCH Pounder.
The film deals with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the co-founding member of the Crips street gang, principally his life in the streets and his life in prison. It also shows some of the work he 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 in California.
After its debut at The Sundance Film Festival, the film was released in January 2004 via the FX cable network on television and went on to become a successful venture for the network. The film was nominated for 19 different awards and won 11 of them. Among the awards the film was nominated for include American Cinema Editors, Black Reel Awards, Golden Globes, NAACP Image Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, MovieGuide, Satellite Award, Screen Actors Guild, and Writers Guild of America.
Actors: Eric Valdes (actor), Joseph M. Monks (director), Joseph M. Monks (writer), Joseph M. Monks (producer), Joseph M. Monks (actor), Stella Ruiz (actress), Robert Feigenblatt (actor), Robert Feigenblatt (composer), Doug Landin (actor), Pamela Hazelton (producer), Tommy Yates (actor), Charles DeVos (editor), Billy Martindale (miscellaneous crew), Rhonda Larue (actor), Danielle Zonca (actress),
Plot: Doug Banks, a tabloid reporter investigating a series of brutal slayings in Manhattan, encounters Redemption, a mysterious siren with a knack for learning one's darkest secrets. As a young girl and lurid stranger cross paths, becoming trapped in her apartment building's elevator, the gruesome truth behind New York's most vicious crime wave since the Son of Sam is revealed.
Keywords: twistActors: Sarah Polley (actress), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Paulino Nunes (actor), Jim Codrington (actor), Fred Mollin (composer), Jonathan Scarfe (actor), Kari Skogland (director), Albert Schultz (actor), Alison Grace (editor), Danny Smith (actor), Judy Sinclair (actress), Brenda Bazinet (actress), Stan Coles (actor), William Colgate (actor), Rob Stefaniuk (actor),
Plot: Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.
Keywords: abortion, anti-racism, christmas, german-canadian, hate, hate-crime, holocaust, journalism, local-government, neo-naziActors: Sarah Polley (actress), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Paulino Nunes (actor), Jim Codrington (actor), Fred Mollin (composer), Jonathan Scarfe (actor), Kari Skogland (director), Albert Schultz (actor), Alison Grace (editor), Danny Smith (actor), Judy Sinclair (actress), Brenda Bazinet (actress), Stan Coles (actor), William Colgate (actor), Rob Stefaniuk (actor),
Plot: Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.
Keywords: abortion, anti-racism, christmas, german-canadian, hate, hate-crime, holocaust, journalism, local-government, neo-naziActors: Sarah Polley (actress), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Paulino Nunes (actor), Jim Codrington (actor), Fred Mollin (composer), Jonathan Scarfe (actor), Kari Skogland (director), Albert Schultz (actor), Alison Grace (editor), Danny Smith (actor), Judy Sinclair (actress), Brenda Bazinet (actress), Stan Coles (actor), William Colgate (actor), Rob Stefaniuk (actor),
Plot: Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.
Keywords: abortion, anti-racism, christmas, german-canadian, hate, hate-crime, holocaust, journalism, local-government, neo-naziActors: Sarah Polley (actress), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Paulino Nunes (actor), Jim Codrington (actor), Fred Mollin (composer), Jonathan Scarfe (actor), Kari Skogland (director), Albert Schultz (actor), Alison Grace (editor), Danny Smith (actor), Judy Sinclair (actress), Brenda Bazinet (actress), Stan Coles (actor), William Colgate (actor), Rob Stefaniuk (actor),
Plot: Catherine, a first-year university student who feels alienated from the liberal campus, joins a hate group through the Internet and becomes their voice, only to gradually question their beliefs even as she becomes more deeply involved.
Keywords: abortion, anti-racism, christmas, german-canadian, hate, hate-crime, holocaust, journalism, local-government, neo-nazi