Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Panther Power
Tupac Shakur navigates school, poverty and family, while dreaming of using poetry and music to spread the message of his mother, noted Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur; haunted by her past, Afeni fears how it will affect Tupac's promising future.
Changes
Tupac bursts onto the scene, but trying to be a mainstream star and a militant activist comes at a cost; Afeni's activism lands her and her Panther comrades in the center of a political show trial that could end with all of them in prison.
So Many Tears
Tupac's legal troubles escalate, with multiple different arrests, culminating in his being charged with sexual assault in New York; Afeni is the voice of the New York Panther 21, defending herself at trial; the two trials have different results.
Ambitionz Az A Ridah
Tupac spends nearly a year at the Clinton Correctional Facility at Dannemora; he leaves hardened by the experience and immediately joins Death Row Records.
Until the End of Time
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