Boston International Film Festival SESSION 27 Thursday, June 12, 3:00pm – 5:00pm Tribute: Stanley Tookie Williams 1953-2005 – 91min TRIBUTE: Stanley Tookie Williams, 1953-2005, a provocative and moving documentary examining condemned prisoner, Crips co-founder and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley Tookie Williams, who was tortured to death on December 13, 2005, by lethal injection at San Quentin. It took him 35 minutes to die. TRIBUTE includes filmed scenes from a staged reenactment of that botched execution. The reenactment—as well as TRIBUTE—were produced and directed by writer Barbara Becnel and producer Shirley Neal, longtime friends of Williams. It was based on their real-life experience in that death chamber. TRIBUTE also includes controversial eulogies by Snoop Dogg, Tony Robbins and Louis Farrakhan—speaking at Williams’s memorial service—and never-before-seen footage of his ashes scattered by Becnel and Neal in South Africa, as he wished. Director, Producer: Barbara Becnel Director, Producer: Shirley Neal