Plot Summary

Through dramatic re-creation, archival newsreel footage and revealing interviews, director Fred Baker's docudrama explores the controversial murder case centered on Black Panther activist and political exile Assata Shakur. In 1977, Shakur was dubiously convicted for the shooting death of a New Jersey state trooper and was sentenced to life in prison, only to escape two years later and seek refuge in Cuba.

Movie Details

Original Title
Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
Status
released
Original Language
en

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Cast

Assata Shakur as Self (archive footage)

Assata Shakur

Self (archive footage)

Kathleen Cleaver as Self (archive footage)

Kathleen Cleaver

Self (archive footage)

Pat Dempsey as James Harper

Pat Dempsey

James Harper

Charles Everett as Justin

Charles Everett

Justin

Will Blagrove as FBI agent

Will Blagrove

FBI agent

Char Sidney as Assata as young woman

Char Sidney

Assata as young woman

Robert Sciglimpaglia as

Robert Sciglimpaglia

Bryant Pearson as

Bryant Pearson

Lila Dupree as

Lila Dupree

Production Companies

Fred Baker Film and Video Co.