Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Heart, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), who first demanded a prisoner swap for Hearst, then, as it failed, demanded $6 million worth of food for the poor of the Bay Area.
February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Heart, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), who first demanded a prisoner swap for Hearst, then, as it failed, demanded $6 million worth of food for the poor of the Bay Area.
Kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army before converting to the terrorist group’s cause, Patty Hearst was a wildly controversial figure. Interviewing members of the SLA but eschewing psychological profile, Guerrilla examines the cultural context of an extraordinary moment in American history.