Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2008-02-15
Director: Fred Baker
Top Cast
- Assata Shakur as Self (archive footage)
- Kathleen Cleaver as Self (archive footage)
- Pat Dempsey as James Harper
- Charles Everett as Justin
- Will Blagrove as FBI agent
- Char Sidney as Assata as young woman
- Robert Sciglimpaglia as
- Bryant Pearson as
- Lila Dupree as
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