Indianapolis International Film Festival 2009

Redemption Stone is a journey though the eyes of an African-American storyteller of quiet power, who brings an extraordinary spirit to his life's work. Born into a poor family of sixteen children in a small Southern town, Tom Lewis navigates his way through the world first as a migrant worker, a factory laborer, a soldier and finally a riot cop on the mean streets of Washington, D.C. Tom's life takes a final twist when he buys a burned out old house in the roughest neighborhood and opens up a place he calls The Fishing School. It's here that Tom turns hardship into hope for the children of his community.