Eyes of the Rainbow (1997)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1997 (CU)
  • Documentary
  • 47m

Overview

"Eyes of the Rainbow" deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for close to 15 years. In it we visit with Assata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata's AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetery and of the rainbow.

Gloria Rolando

Director, Writer

Cast

Assata Shakur's headshot

Assata Shakur

Self

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