United Red Army (The Young Man Was, Part I) - Naeem Mohaiemen (2012) from bangladeshi old film Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 41 min 88 sec
✓ Published: 07-Jun-2019

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September 1977. The Japanese man speaks in halting English; the Bangladeshi negotiator with the clipped confidence of an army officer. A colour scheme suggests order in the exchange: green, red, and the occasional white. But underneath the schema of a dark screen—subtitle sans image—lies a waiting unravelling. The Japanese Red Army had attached to the Palestinian cause, and through that to an idea of global pan-Arabism. But the high-value hostage turned out to be an Armenian banker from Cali