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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)
96 min | Drama

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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)

96 min | Drama

Assata Shakur, the firebrand revolutionary Black Panther, was convicted and sentenced to life in a widely publicized case involving a 1973 shootout on the NJ Turnpike, which resulted in the deaths of a Panther leader and a NJ State Trooper...See moreAssata Shakur, the firebrand revolutionary Black Panther, was convicted and sentenced to life in a widely publicized case involving a 1973 shootout on the NJ Turnpike, which resulted in the deaths of a Panther leader and a NJ State Trooper. In 2006, Justin, a NY filmmaker, and Asha, a student journalist cross paths at a Harlem Street Festival, and their passions soon ignite. They discover by chance that both are intensely caught up in the controversial story of Assata. While serving the 3rd year of her life sentence, in 1979, Assata effected a daring escape from a maximum security prison in New Jersey. After a number of years in hiding, in 1984, she emerged in Cuba in protective exile..where she lives to this day. Her life as a fugitive political exile, a fighter for freedom and social justice, has attracted a worldwide following. Written by Fred Baker See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Will Blagrove FBI Agent FBI Agent See fewer	Inside Amy Schumer (2013)
Rick Borgia District Attorney District Attorney See fewer	Twists of Fate (2009)
J.D. Brown Trooper Werner Foerster Trooper Werner Foerster See fewer	Hunters (III) (2016)
Kathleen Cleaver Self Self See fewer	Zabriskie Point (1970)
Pat Dempsey James Harper (as Jack P. Dempsey) James Harper (as Jack P. Dempsey) See fewer	America's Cutest (2009)
Lila Dupree White Woman - Escape White Woman - Escape See fewer	A Friend's Obsession (2018)
Charles Everett Justin Justin See fewer	Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022)
Omar A. Gonzalez Fred Hampton Jr. (as Omar Gonzalez) Fred Hampton Jr. (as Omar Gonzalez) See fewer	Justice Woman (2012)
Steven Hill Sundiata Acoli Sundiata Acoli See fewer	Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)
Rosemari Mealy Self Self See fewer	Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)
Bryant Pearson Lead Escaper Lead Escaper See fewer	Chance Encounter (II) (2013)
Robert Sciglimpaglia Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Assistant Prosecuting Attorney See fewer	Super Bowl Greatest Commercials: Battle of the Decades (2023)
Assata Shakur Self Self See fewer	Fred Baker- filmmaker (2007)
Char Sidney Assata - as young woman Assata - as young woman See fewer	Ray Donovan (2013)
Erika Vaughn Asha Asha See fewer	Assata aka Joanne Chesimard (2008)