Desc: Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story: Directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall. With Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young, Brenden Jefferson. The story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, the former leader of the "Crips" gang. Stan wrote award-winning children's books, brokered peace treaties between warring gangs, and won a Nobel Peace Prize nomination before he was executed.