''Children of the Revolution'' is a 2010 documentary by Irish filmmaker Shane O'Sullivan about

Ulrike Meinhof Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing militant, journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the repute ...

and

Fusako Shigenobu is a Japanese communist activist, writer, and the founder and leader of the now-disbanded terrorist group Japanese Red Army (JRA). Born in Japan, Shigenobu became involved in New Left activism while attending night school at Meiji University ...

, leaders of the German

Red Army Faction The Red Army Faction (, ; RAF ),See the section "Name" also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang ( ), was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970 and active until 1998, considered a terrorist organisat ...

and the

Japanese Red Army The was a militant communist organization active from 1971 to 2001. It was designated a terrorist organization by Japan and the United States. The JRA was founded by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira in February 1971, and was most acti ...

. The film describes the experiences of Meinhof and Shigenobu through the perspective of their daughters,

Mei Mei may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Mei'' (film), a 2019 Tamil thriller * ''Mei'' (album), by Echolyn, 2002 People * Mei (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Mei (given name), including a list of people and fiction ...

and Bettina, and uses archive footage of student protests and guerilla training camps in Germany, Japan and the Middle East. The film premiered at the

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is the world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Description IDFA is an independent, international meeting place for audiences ...

in November 2010 and has screened at several international festivals. It had its broadcast premiere on German channel

Westdeutscher Rundfunk (; "West German Broadcasting Cologne"), shortened to WDR (), is a German public broadcasting, public-broadcasting institution based in the States of Germany, Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a const ...

on 30 May 2011 and was released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2011.http://www.childrenoftherevolution.co.uk It was pitched at the 2009

Sheffield Doc/Fest Sheffield DocFest (formerly styled Sheffield Doc/Fest; abbr.Sheffield International Documentary Festival or SIDF) is an international documentary Film festival, festival and industry marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England. The festiv ...

MeetMarket.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Children Of The Revolution 2010 films British documentary films Irish documentary films Documentary films about people convicted on terrorism charges 2010 documentary films Red Army Faction Japanese Red Army 2010s English-language films 2010s British films English-language documentary films