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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard

2008MovieDrama

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…

DirectorFred Baker
WriterFred Baker

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Cast · Directed by Fred Baker

ASAssata Shakur
Assata Shakur
Self (archive footage)
KCKathleen Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver
Self (archive footage)
PD
Pat Dempsey
James Harper
CECharles Everett
Charles Everett
Justin
WBWill Blagrove
Will Blagrove
FBI agent
CS
Char Sidney
Assata as young woman
RSRobert Sciglimpaglia
Robert Sciglimpaglia
BP
Bryant Pearson
LD
Lila Dupree

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