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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. [2] The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and was later broadcast on the FX network on April ...
Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.
Barbara Cottman Becnel (born May 30, 1950) is an American author, journalist, and film producer. She was a close friend of Crips co-founder Stanley Williams (aka "Stan Tookie Williams"; a convicted murderer and former gang leader who would later become an anti-gang activist and writer), and editor of Williams's series of children's books, which spoke out against gang violence.
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) – biographical crime drama television film dealing with the life of Stanley Tookie Williams, the co-founding member of the Crips street gang [96] The Remains of Nothing (Italian: Il resto di niente ) (2004) – Italian historical drama film following the travails of an idealistic noblewoman ...
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story: Stan "Tookie" Williams: Television film Chappelle's Show: Black Tony Blair: Season 2, Episode 13 2004 ESPY Awards: Himself (host) Television special 2006 Sesame Street: Himself Episode: "Cookie World" 2007 Elmo's Christmas Countdown: Television special 2009 BET Awards 2009: Himself (host) 2015
Rotten Tomatoes score: 62% Scott Huffman (Stan), a Pentagon employee, investigates the life and death of Vietnam airman William H. Pitsenbarger (Christopher Plummer), whose family has submitted a ...
In 1971, Washington formed an alliance with Stanley "Tookie" Williams, establishing the Crips as the first major African-American street gang in Los Angeles, and served as one of the co-leaders. In 1974, Washington was convicted of robbery and received a five-year prison sentence, during which his leadership and influence in the Crips declined.
Tiequon Cox stabbed Stanley Tookie Williams in 1988 while on death row. [3] This is depicted in the 2004 TV film Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story . On July 18, 2000, three inmates, regarded as some of San Quentin's most dangerous prisoners, almost escaped. [ 4 ]