The Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign is now scheduling screenings of their new documentary, released worldwide on December 5, 2025, with a panel of those involved in the film’s production and other organizers and volunteers with the SSFC.
To support the legal fund, they request a donation that is negotiable depending on your institution or organization’s finances.If you are interested in organizing a screening, fill out this form on the Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign’s website!
The film is now available to stream for free via The People’s Forum.
Watch “Across Enemy Lines”
Documentary description
Why is Shaka A. Shakur is still imprisoned, given that he has already served the entirety of the sentence for his 2002 conviction? Why is he incarcerated in Virginia—hundreds of miles away from his family—even though he was not convicted of a federal crime? “Across Enemy Lines” investigates and answers these questions, recounting the story of this New Afrikan Political Prisoner, revolutionary organizer, author, and theorist.
Told through the words of Shaka, his wife Akili Shakur, and various friends and supporters, this documentary is more than a story of one man and the communities most directly-impacted by his unjust incarceration; it is a snapshot of the mass incarceration system, the evolution of the Black/New Afrikan nation and resistance, and most of all, it is a call to do everything we can to return this grandfather, community leader, and human rights advocate back home where he belongs.
To learn more, book a screening, and get involved in the fight for the freedom of Shaka and all of us, visit ShakaShakur.org.
Film credits
Produced by: Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign
Directed by: Derek Ford and TheKingTrill
Featuring: Akili Shakur, Shaka A. Shakur, Seth Donnelly, Haki Kweli Shakur, Maurice Robinson, Hondo T’Chikwa, Derek Ford, TheKingTrill, Lexie Chaffin, Duncan Bridgeforth
Assistant Editors: Maurice Robinson and Bridget O’Reilly
Filming: Derek Ford, TheKingTrill, Bridget O’Reilly, Haki Kweli Shakur, Maurice Robinson
Sound and Music Editing: Dakota Fronterhouse
Music: “Never be a Slave,” Marcel Cartier and Agent of Change feat. Big Frizzle and Logic, “Africa Must be Free,” and “History Will Absolve Us” by Marcel Cartier & Agent of Change, “Civil Disobedience,” and “Determination will Win Out” by Agent of Change
Closed Captions (English): Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign
(c) Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign 2025