Assata Shakur

Known for: Acting
Born: July 16, 1947
Died: September 25, 2025
Birthplace: 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.

Filmography

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13th 2016
as Self (archive footage)
Assata aka Joanne Chesimard 2008
as Self (archive footage)
Fred Baker - filmmaker 2007
Actor
Eyes of the Rainbow 1997
as Self

Credits from TMDB.