Assata

Directors

Giselle Bailey, Stephen Bailey

Cast

An odyssey through the 40 year hunt for infamous Black liberation leader Assata Shakur, #2 on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list. When news of Assata’s failing health reaches her daughter it initiates a race to reconstruct the truth of her life before history — and the state — erase it forever. The film is produced with the exclusive participation of her only child, Kakuya Shakur, her lawyer of 50 years, Lennox Hinds, and her comrade, Angela Davis.

Cast

**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Original Score

**WINNER – Cinema Eye Honors 2024**
Outstanding Sound Design

**NOMINEE — 5 Cinema Eye Honors 2024**

 **TOP 5 DOCS OF 2023 — National Board of Review**

**WINNER — Cinema Audio Society Awards 2024**

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Picture – Documentary

**WINNER — Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 2024**
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary

**NOMINEE 2 Critics Choice Documentary Awards 2023**

**NOMINEE — Hollywood Professional Association 2023**
Outstanding Sound – Documentary