Guerrilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst is an unprecedented account of the Symbionese Liberation Army, arguably the most notorious and flamboyant domestic terrorist group in American history.

Dedicated to the rights of black prisoners and the working class, the SLA set forth in 1973 to incite the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, brilliantly manipulating the mass media to advance their message. Their audacious kidnapping of teenage newspaper heiress Patty Hearst inspired what might be described as the first true media "frenzy," one that only exploded further when Patty transformed into "Tania" and joined the ranks of the SLA. Every detail of their descent into the

For GUERRILLA, filmmaker Robert Stone literally went underground, where he spent four years creating a film that delivers both eye-popping archival footage of SLA founder Russ Little, whose incarceration inspired the Hearst kidnapping. The footage is indeed rare and breathtaking, but Little has never given an on-camera interview, making GUERRILLA an important historical document, as well as gripping entertainment. Stone's film does not sympathize with or glorify the SLA. Instead, GUERRILLA gives us a thorough, clear-eyed account of the first terrorist group to hold not just one heiress, but the entire nation hostage, and its subsequent, disastrous self-destruction.

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2004
(Screened As Neverland: The Rise And Fall Of The Symbionese Liberation Army)
Official Selection Edinburgh Film Festival 2004
Official Selection Montreal Film Festival 2004
Official Selection Berlin Film Festival 2004
Guerrilla: The Taking Of Patty Hearst; Is Released By Tartan Films On June 3rd

Running time: 89 minutes
Certificate: 12A
Official website: http://www.guerrillathemovie.co.uk