Assata Shakur
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.
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as Self (archive footage)An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's...
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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
as Self (archive footage)Through dramatic re-creation, archival newsreel footage and revealing interviews, director Fred...
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Eyes of the Rainbow
as Self"Eyes of the Rainbow" deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black...
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Fred Baker - filmmaker
as uncreditedThe house he lived In: A conversation with Fred Baker (1932-2011) filmmaker , director ,...
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