Competition film

ASSATA aka Joanne Chesimard

Made by: Fred Baker

Synopsis

On the revolutionary black freedom fighter Assata Shakur who miraculously escaped from a prison serivng a life sentence for a murder she didn't commit in the murderous turmoils, Government persecution (COINTELPRO) of the disident racial upheavals and struggles of the 60's and 70's in America.

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ASSATA SHAKUR, who fights and lives on today in protected exile in Cuba, has become an icon with a vast following among progressive inter-racial youth throughout the world.