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Redemption: Gangster, Death Row Inmate, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

In Redemption, Jamie Foxx, an Academy Award recipient and nominee, brings to life the infamy of Stan “Tookie” Williams, co-founder of the Crips street gang organization and now death row inmate at San Quentin Penitentiary. Redemption, a made-for-television drama feverishly attempts to capture in 95 minutes frame-by-frame, the personal tragedies arising from racism, poverty, parental abandonment, illiteracy, drug abuse, violence, gangster life/culture, imprisonment, and the inevitable political nuances of a death row inmate being nominated for such a “coveted” award as the Nobel Peace Prize. As such, the challenge for its director, Vondie CurtisHall who is no stranger to the craft (e.g. acting credits Shakedown, Coming to America, Cop Rock, ER, Chicago Hope and Gridlock, his directorial debut) is to weave together and repackage a common American (human) tragedy of gangs, drugs, and violence, into a storyline that audiences, both at home and in the classroom, could connect with. While Redemption was initially well received at both the 2004 Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals, distribution of this film to larger audiences will not unfortunately bring the director similar accolades. Apart from its impressive main cast, Jamie Foxx (“Stan Tookie Williams”) Lynn Whitfield (“Barbara Becnel”), and CCH Pounder (“Winne Mandela”), Redemption’s plot, script, and cinematography almost ensures its obscurity.