Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
Release Date: 2008-02-15
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.
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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
Crew
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Jato Smith - Director of Photography
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Fred Baker - Director
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Roy Hargrove - Music
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Fred Baker - Screenplay
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