Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War (1971) on Netflix
NR19711h 9mDocumentary
After Cannes, two Japanese filmmakers travel to Lebanon. There they work with the Red Army faction and the PFLP on a newsreel for the Palestinian resistance.
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Plot summary
It was a milestone of film as activism, cinema as movement in Japan's context. Adachi and Wakamatsu went to Beirut on the way back from the Cannes Film Festival. There, in collaboration with the Red Army members and PFLP, they produced this newsreel film depicting the everyday activities of Arab guerrillas as a cinematic narrative on the world revolution.
Cast
- Rokihiro Togaas Self(uncredited)
- Susumu Iwabuchias Self(uncredited)
- Masao Matsudaas Self(uncredited)
- Ghassan Kanafani
- George Habashas Self(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War (1971)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film was banned from cinemas in Japan, so Masao Adachi and Kōji Wakamatsu took it on a tour of public screenings around the country, travelling in a red bus.
