Children of the Revolution (2010 film) explained

Children of the Revolution
Director:Shane O'Sullivan
Producer:Shane O'Sullivan
Starring:Ulrike Meinhof
Fusako Shigenobu
Mei Shigenobu
Bettina Röhl
Astrid Proll
Masao Adachi
Klaus Rainer Röhl
Leila Khaled
Bassam Abu Sharif
Erika Runge
Takaya Shiomi
Kyoko Ohtani
Jutta Lack-Strecker
Music:Giles Packham (Waveform Studios)
Cinematography:Robin Probyn
Axel Schneppat
Bassem Fayad
Editing:Ben Yeates
Fergal McGrath
Shane O'Sullivan
Distributor:E2 Films
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:Ireland
United Kingdom
Language:English

Children of the Revolution is a 2010 documentary by Irish filmmaker Shane O'Sullivan about Ulrike Meinhof and Fusako Shigenobu, leaders of the German Red Army Faction and the Japanese Red Army.[1]

The film describes the experiences of Meinhof and Shigenobu through the perspective of their daughters, Mei and Bettina, and uses archive footage of student protests and guerilla training camps in Germany, Japan and the Middle East.[2]

The film premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in November 2010[3] and has screened at several international festivals.[4] It had its broadcast premiere on German channel Westdeutscher Rundfunk on 30 May 2011[5] and was released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2011.[6] It was pitched at the 2009 Sheffield Doc/Fest MeetMarket.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Children of the Revolution. IMDb.
  2. Hodges . Michael . 24 August 2011 . Children of the Revolution . Time Out.
  3. Web site: IDFA | Project | International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam . 28 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927180707/http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=756f781f-69c7-42d3-88ec-34829f429941 . 27 September 2011 . dead .
  4. Web site: Children of the Revolution - Jameson Dublin International Film Festival . 2011-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111010194844/http://jdiff.ticketsolve.com/shows/126512314/events . 10 October 2011 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: WDR.dok. 28 October 2021.
  6. http://www.childrenoftherevolution.co.uk