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.
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Assata Shakur
Self (archive footage)
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Fred Baker Director · Jato Smith Cinematographer
United States release February 15, 2008 · Produced in United States
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Fred Baker Film and Video Co.
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United States
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United States · February 15, 2008
Theatrical
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