Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
Watch Assata aka Joanne Chesimard at FMovies. 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.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: United States
- Director: Fred Baker
- Cast: Assata Shakur, Kathleen Cleaver, Pat Dempsey, Charles Everett, Will Blagrove, Char Sidney, Robert Sciglimpaglia, Bryant Pearson, Lila Dupree,