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Eyes of the Rainbow

Eyes of the Rainbow

7.8/ 10

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1997

Release Year

47 min

Runtime

Documentary

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.

Keywords

cuba
black panther party
escaped prisoner
woman director
political prisoner
yoruba
black liberation

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