Children of the Revolution - review

10 April 2012

Shane O'Sullivan's impressive documentary tells the story of Ulrike Meinhof and Fusako Shigenobu, two of the most feared terrorists of the Seventies. They were leaders of the Baader-Meinhof Group in Germany and of the Japanese Red Army.

Its originality and strength emanates from the fact that the most testimony about them comes from May, Shigenobu's journalist daughter, and Bettina, Meinhof's child.

Neither of the two agree with their mothers' activities but both defend them from being responsible for their difficult childhoods.

Meinhof hanged herself in Stammheim prison in 1976 but Shigenobu is serving a 20-year sentence and is still keen to cut through the caricatures of her as "the Red Queen of Terror". A fascinating film.

Children Of The Revolution

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