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Synopsis
LOVE FOR LIBERATION is a thrilling journey through the radical heart of the 1960s, where brilliant Kathleen Neal Cleaver transforms from a humble student civil rights activist to a freedom-fighting icon in a whirlwind of passion, politics, and peril. When this respectable Southern belle collides with ex-convict and Black Panther Party leader Eldridge Cleaver, she abandons her “good girl” facade for Oakland’s gritty streets, adopting the party’s intoxicating blend of armed self-defense, sexual liberation, and unapologetic Black power — complete with her signature afro, miniskirt, and intellectual swagger that captivates media and followers worldwide. As the Cleavers become the movement’s golden couple (a new Bonnie and Clyde), Kathleen navigates deadly police ambushes, underground exile in Algiers, and a marriage that spirals into betrayal and violence, forcing her to choose between loyalty to her dangerous husband, her commitment to a more just future for her community, and survival for herself and her child. Inspired by a true story and based on a Pulitzer Prize-nominated book.
Bio
Robin wrote the Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, LOVE FOR LIBERATION, and rose from Staff Writer to Co-Executive Producer on the forthcoming Fremantle series SANDOKAN (from the producers of TRANSFORMERS and QUEEN OF THE SOUTH). After graduating from St. George’s — an elite boarding school — and NYU, Robin joined a radical circus. She led dozens of humanitarian aid missions to rebel communities in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua. At Yale, she completed a PhD in political science, then taught about international affairs, history, and social inequality at several prestigious institutions.
Robin reinvented herself as an artist by writing, directing, and producing the award-winning documentary BLACK AND CUBA — which was exhibited at dozens of film festivals, museums, and universities in the US and abroad. It currently streams on Tubi and Peacock. In addition, Robin has collaborated on acclaimed films for Netflix, Hulu, and PBS, was selected for the Women in Film Shorts Lab (funded by Google), and funded by the the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Her creative work and research have brought her to over 30 countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
A surfing, fine art, and fashion enthusiast who speaks Spanish and French, Robin currently lives in Venice, California.
