Assata aka Joanne Chesimard is a 2008 biographical film directed by Fred Baker. The film, premiering at the San Diego Black Film Festival, is a biography of Assata Shakur, a controversial member of the Black Liberation Army and US fugitive.
Cast Will Blagrove: FBI Agent Rick Borgia: District Attorney J.D. Brown: Trooper Werner Foerster Kathleen Cleaver: Herself Pat Dempsey: James Harper (as Jack P. Dempsey) Lila Dupree: White Woman - Escape Charles Everett: Justin Omar Gonzalez: Fred Hampton Jr. Steven Hill: Sundiata Acoli Rosemari Mealy: Herself Bryant Pearson: Lead Escaper Robert Sciglimpaglia: Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Assata Shakur: Herself Char Sydney: Assata - as young woman Erika Vaughn: Asha
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