A documentary and scripted sequence concerning the life and legacy of the late Assata Shakur are reportedly in improvement. Assata Shakur, who was dwelling in Cuba, died this previous September.

In an unique report from Selection, siblings Giselle and Stephen Bailey are creating the documentary and scripted sequence centered on the lifetime of the activist, who remained on the run from American authorities for 45 years.

“Assata’s story is necessary to all Individuals because it reveals the powers that divide us and our capability to heal,” Giselle and Stephen Bailey shared in an announcement. The pair additionally introduced HBO’s Seen & Heard: The Historical past of Black Tv. Shakur’s daughter, Kakuya Shakur, has given her blessing for the event of the tasks, which will likely be produced by the Baileys’ Indigo Movies.

Shakur was born Joanne Byron on July 16, 1947, and have become a political activist earlier than becoming a member of the Black Panther Get together and later the Black Liberation Get together. Within the early Nineteen Seventies, Shakur and different members of the BLA have been concerned in a shootout with New Jersey state troopers, killing one of many officers. In 1979, Shakur escaped jail with the help of the BLA and lived in Cuba from that time on.

Professor and activist Angela Davis is likely one of the govt producers of the documentary, with civil rights lawyer Lennox Hinds offering help to assist spherical out the event of the mission.

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