Assata aka Joanne Chesimard

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Samenvatting in het Engels

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

A Assata ShakurSelf (archive footage) K Kathleen CleaverSelf (archive footage) P Pat DempseyJames Harper C Charles EverettJustin W Will BlagroveFBI agent C Char SidneyAssata as young woman R Robert Sciglimpaglia B Bryant Pearson L Lila Dupree