Black Box BRD

Black Box BRD is a 2001 German documentary film written and directed by Andres Veiel. The film deals with West German politics of the 1970s and 1980s, a period marked by turmoil and the highly publicized activities of the left-wing terrorist group known as the Red Army Faction (RAF).^[1]

Black Box BRD
German release theatrical poster
Directed by	Andres Veiel
Written by	Andres Veiel
Produced by	Pepe Danquart Erich Lackner Mirjam Quinte Thomas Kufus
Cinematography	Jörg Jeshel
Edited by	Katja Dringenberg
Music by	Jan Tilman Schade
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	24 May 2001 (2001-05-24) (Germany)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film focuses on the lives and deaths of Alfred Herrhausen, a prominent banker and chairman of the Deutsche Bank who was assassinated in 1989, and Wolfgang Grams, member of RAF who was a suspect in the attack on Herrhausen and who later shot himself in the head while being chased by the German police in 1993. A number of relatives, friends, and colleagues of both men were interviewed for the film.

In Germany the film was released in May 2001, and then re-released in September 2002. It was screened at a number of festivals and won several awards in 2001 and 2002, including the 2002 German Film Award for Best Documentary Film and the 2001 European Film Award.^[2]

In the United States the film was shown on PBS, retitled as Black Box Germany.