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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.
In 2004, she played Barbara Becnel in the made-for-television movie Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story receiving NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. On television, Whitfield had recurring roles on Boston Public and Without a Trace in the 2000s.
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.
Buoyed by sharp, fun storytelling and Oscar-worthy performances, it's exactly the type of movie this story deserved," wrote CultureMap's Alex Bentley. 4. "The Martian" (2015)
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Comedian Ka t t Williams said he pushed for a rape scene to be cut from the 2002 movie “Friday After Next,” his film debut. “Rape is never funny,” Williams said, explaining his decision in ...