The true story of Stanley Williams, nicknamed Tookie, who was one of the founders of the American African-American gang the Crips. A four-time murderer who regrets his actions and has even been nominated for the Nobel Prize for his efforts to combat gang violence. In 2005, despite his transformation, he was executed in the state of California.

After committing a crime, Tookie is sent to prison. A journalist named Barbara visits him and begins interviewing him. Tookie tells her about his past, his childhood and youth, how he became the leader of the gang, how the gang war in Los Angeles began, and other details of his life.
After years in prison, Tookie changes his mindset and lifestyle. Eventually, he decides to convince Barbara that he wants to write a book for young people, in the hope of preventing at least some of them from resorting to violence within gangs.
Thanks to his initiative and the help of several other people, youth programs are organized to prevent violence. Tookie also makes peace with prisoners he had previously been at odds with. Despite his transformation and good behavior, he is neither released nor granted a clemency from the death penalty.
Despite the environment from which Tookie came, he found faith in God. The film suggests that his faith had Christian elements. However, his faith was quite individualistic, which is the opposite of the church community to which Jesus himself led his followers.

USA, 2004
Crew: Vondie Curtis-Hall;
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young, Brenden Jefferson, Wes Williams, CCH Pounder, Aaron Meeks, Laura DeCarteret, Marcus Johnson, Rosemary Dunsmore, Barbara Gordon;

Parents Guide:
1 scene with a woman in a miniskirt, 1 scene with a low-cut skirt, a man with a bare chest.
About two scenes of murder by gunshot. Multiple scenes showing the corpses of murdered gang members. Abuse of Tookie. Multiple scenes of fighting and knife attacks.
Kissing. Profanity.
Smoking shown a few times.
Tookie’s statement about his individualistic belief in God.

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