Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (movie)
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Fred Baker
- Production companies: Fred Baker Film and Video Co.
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 2/15/2008
Movie description
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.
