In the wake of the national debate on domestic terrorism Florida State College invites the residents of the First Coast to attend a screeningof
The Baader-Meinhof Komplex,
a 2008 Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated docudrama based on the true story of the Red Army Faction.
Germany in the 1970s. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation have grown up. They vowed Nazism would never rule again. They declare war on what they see as a new face of fascism: the U.S. policy in Vietnam, the Middle East and the Third World and the German Government. In their revolutionary fight they lost themselves in the cause and inflict a wave of terror on Germany. Directed by Uli Edel (LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN). Produced by Bernd Eichinger (LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN and DOWNFALL).
Professor Melanie Engel and Dr. Dirk Wendtorf of the German Studies Program
at Florida State College will provide a short introduction on the political context to be followed by a screening of the film. The event “The Baader-Meinhof Komplex” will be held on
Wednesday,04/28/10 from6-9 p.m.
at
Five PointTheater,
1028 Park Street
Jacksonville, FL 32204-3908
The event is free and open to the public.
Parental Advisory: The film “The Baader-Meinhof Komplex” has been rated R for strong bloody violence, disturbing images, sexual content, graphic nudity and language
by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
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