Assata Shakur
Born: 1947-07-16 in Queens, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron, sometimes referred to by her married surname Chesimard, is a former member of the Black Liberation Army, who was convicted, under New Jersey's "aiding and abetting" statute, of the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. On November 2, 1979, she escaped from prison, and in 1984, she surfaced in Cuba, where she was granted political asylum.
Filmography
2016
- 13th as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Assata aka Joanne Chesimard as Self (archive footage)
1997
- Eyes of the Rainbow as Self