A full house gathered at the ROM today for the premiere screening of My Life as a Terrorist: The Story of Hans-Joachim Klein. The film follows the life of Klein, a German man who went from being a left-wing radical to being linked to the murders of OPEC officials in 1975. Klein describes this transition and reveals how he feels the terrorist organization used and manipulated him.
Stock footage and photographs are used along with recent footage of Klein on a trip back to his old home in Germany in order to tell his amazing story. The film's director, Alexander Oey (right), was at the ROM answering questions ranging from why he felt the need to make the film to his thoughts on terrorism. An audience member brought up the saying "war is diplomacy but in a different way" and went on to ask Oey if he felt this film implied that of terrorism. Oey pointed out that Klein regrets all his involvement in the organization but makes a distinction between that and his days as a radical in his youth.
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