Assata Shakur
Oyuncu · d. 1947 · 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, 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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Film7.8BelgeselBelgesel niteliğindeki film, ABD’de siyahi vatandaşların kanun önündeki pozisyonlarına ve hapishane koşullarına dikkat çekiyor. Son zamanlarda medyaya da sıkça yansıyan, Amerika’daki polislerin siyahilere karşı olan orantısız şiddet olayları tüm ülkede ve dünya çapında büyük tepki görmüştü. Hüküm giymiş mahkumların güçlü bir oranının siyahilerden oluştuğunu da belirten yönetmen bunun yalnızca suçla değil aynı zamanda Amerika’nın yargı sistemiyle de ilgisine dikkat çekiyor.
Film7.8Belgesel"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. In it we visit with Assata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata's AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetery and of the rainbow.
Eyes of the Rainbow
1997 · 5 votes
FilmDramThrough 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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