Light Industry
177 Livingston Street
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Das Schleyerband
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Tuesday Aug 31, 2010 (7:30–9:30pm)
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$7
“The Baader-Meinhof Group, also known as the Red Army Faction (RAF), was one of the most violent left-wing urban guerilla groups in post-WWII Germany. Founded in 1970, and born of the student protest movement in West Germany, the RAF were among the youths who saw the denazification of Germany after WWII as ineffective and viewed their country as a continuation of a fascist state. And while the Baader-Meinhof Group committed 34 murders, it had many sympathizers in the under-forty demographic (roughly a quarter according to a poll taken at the time) as well as the guilt-ridden liberal demographic of 1970s Germany. According to one writer, the RAF "made and starred in what Timothy Leary called a ‘reality movie,'" though this footage is not quite as easy to come by as that of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey." Make it out for what promises to be another thoughtful and original Light Industry screening.”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
"Das Schleyerband (The Schleyer Tape) (1977-78) is a compilation of television and news footage comprising two hours of media accounts regarding the infamous Baader-Meinhof gang. Klaus vom Bruch's material begins with the September 1977 kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the dramatic news reportage from the scene of the car accident in Cologne where Schleyer was abducted. Vom Bruch then proceeds to chronologically relay footage from official press conferences, talkshow speculation, public interviews and the news, giving a broad and detailed account of the events leading up to the final downfall of the Red Army Faction and group suicide of Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and other RAF leaders." – Klaus vom Bruch
