Assata Shakur Trailers

13th TrailerAssata aka Joanne Chesimard TrailerFred Baker - filmmaker Trailer

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.

Most Popular Assata Shakur Trailers

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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard Trailer (2008)

15 February 2008

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.

Eyes of the Rainbow Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

"Eyes of the Rainbow" deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for close to 15 years.

13th Trailer (2016)

07 October 2016

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Fred Baker - filmmaker Trailer (2007)

26 July 2007

The house he lived In: A conversation with Fred Baker (1932-2011) filmmaker , director , screenwriter , film producer, actor and jazz musician.