Assata aka Joanne Chesimard

Name: Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
Cast: Assata Shakur, Kathleen Cleaver, Pat Dempsey, Charles Everett, Will Blagrove

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Fred Baker

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

Bryant Pearson

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