Children of the Revolution

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CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION tells the stories of Ulrike Meinhof and Fusako Shigenobu - two women who emerged from the student revolutions of 1968 to become the leading female revolutionaries of their time. Appalled by the killing in Vietnam, they set out to destroy capitalist power through world revolution, as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. Both groups headed to the Middle East to train with Palestinian freedom fighters and attack imperialism. Authors and journalists Bettina Rhl and May Shigenobu explore the lives of their mothers, Ulrike and Fusako, providing a unique perspective on two of the most notorious "terrorists" in contemporary history. On the run or kidnapped when their mothers went underground, May and Bettina emerged from difficult childhoods to lead their own extraordinary lives. May is half-Japanese, half-Palestinian. She grew up in Lebanon and hid her identity for 28 years for fear of assassination. With capitalism once more in crisis and revolution again sweeping the Arab world, Bettina and May face up to their mother's actions: what were they fighting for and what have we learned.

It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution - Masao Adachi

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This tribute to radical Japanese writer-director Masao Adachi is the first in a series of retrospectives from filmmaker Philippe Grandrieux. Grandrieux's incendiary series is dedicated to filmmakers informed by a sense of deep political agitation a criteria that far-left cinematic insurrectionist Masao Adachi certainly qualifies for. After producing a number of crucial films in a 1960s Japan blanketed by a paranoia of Communism and the left, Adachi gave up filmmaking in 1971 to join the Japanese Red Army, a militant left-wing organisation operating out of Lebanon. Thirty-five years later, he has made his return to the world of film, still as subversive and confronting as ever.Grandrieux delves into the complex history of this fascinating figure of political cinema, crafting a reverential tribute to a man whose actions spoke as loudly as his images.