EXCLUSIVE: David Ajala's production outfit VP & Chairman has joined the London revival of Assata Taught Me as Associate ...

Assata Shakur’s story will be told in a new documentary by Giselle and Stephen Bailey, with Angela Davis serving as producer. Assata Shakur’s life and legacy are being brought to the screen through a ...

A documentary and scripted project on the late political activist Assata Shakur are in development, with Angela Davis serving as executive producer. Following the recent passing of Assata Shakur, ...

Two new projects about the late Assata Shakur are in the works. Brother-sister filmmaking duo Giselle and Stephen Bailey, who brought us HBO’s “Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television,” are ...

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has ...

The Chicago Teachers' Union paid tribute to Assata Shakur on X. — FBI/Chicago Teacher's Union The Chicago Teachers Union is facing backlash after issuing a tribute to Assata Shakur, the convicted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Writer and filmmaker Kalungi Ssebandeke will direct the revival of his 2017 play, Assata Taught Me, set to run at ...

She was known by two names that convey two very different identities. One depicted her as a revolutionary heroine, an innocent target of police repression. The other was the name of a merciless ...

Assata Shakur, a Black Liberation Army member who was convicted in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, has died in Cuba, where she had fled to after escaping from prison, Cuban officials ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Assata Shakur on NBC News in 1998 (Screenshot: NBC News/YouTube) Brother-sister filmmakers Giselle and Stephen Bailey, known for ...

Brother-sister filmmakers Giselle and Stephen Bailey, known for HBO’s Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television, are producing two projects exploring Shakur’s life and legacy. Two new projects ...