Assata aka Joanne Chesimard

Overview

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.

Cast

Assata Shakur

Self (archive footage)

Kathleen Cleaver

Self (archive footage)

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Pat Dempsey

James Harper

Charles Everett

Justin

Will Blagrove

FBI agent

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Char Sidney

Assata as young woman

Robert Sciglimpaglia

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Bryant Pearson

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Lila Dupree