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SENSE/MEMORY: FILMS OF PAUL SCHRADER - Patty Hearst (with Introduction by Western Neighborhoods Project) ~ 7:30 PM

  • 4 Star 2200 Clement Street San Francisco, CA, 94121 United States (map)

Special historical introduction by Western Neighborhoods Project!

In 1974, Hearst Publications heiress Patricia Hearst (Natasha Richardson) was kidnapped by a group of radical revolutionaries named The Symbionese Liberation Army. As her ordeal dragged on, Hearst slowly began to transform from unwilling victim into an accomplice to her kidnapper's cause, resulting in a notorious and violent crime spree that shook the very fabric of American culture, and soon began to beg the question of how much of her involvement was, in fact, forced… (Vinegar Syndrome)

1988 / Park Circus / dir. Paul Schrader