Children of the Revolution (2010 film)
2010 Irish film
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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]
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
Axel Schneppat
Bassem Fayad
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| Directed by | Shane O'Sullivan |
| Produced by | 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 |
| Cinematography | Robin Probyn Axel Schneppat Bassem Fayad |
| Edited by | Ben Yeates Fergal McGrath Shane O'Sullivan |
| Music by | Giles Packham (Waveform Studios) |
| Distributed by | E2 Films |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries | Ireland United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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 guerrilla 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.