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Assata Shakur
Queens, New York, USA
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, unde…
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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.
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2016
13th
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
Fred Baker - filmmaker
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1997
Eyes of the Rainbow
Movie Self
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Untitled Assata Shakur Documentary
Movie Self (archive footage)
