November (2004)
In the eighties, Hito Steyerl shot a feminist martial arts film on Super-8 stock. Her best friend Andrea Wolf played the lead role, that of a woman warrior dressed in leather and mounted on a motorcycle. The engagement expressed in the formal grammar of exploitation films later became Wolf’s political praxis: She went to fight alongside the PKK in the Kurdish regions between Turkey and northern Iraq, where she was killed in 1998. Now honoured by Kurds as an “immortal revolutionary,” her portrait is carried at demonstrations.
Director: Hito Steyerl
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 25 min
Release Date: November 8, 2004
Cast
- Andrea Wolf - Self (archive footage)
Screenplay
- Benjamin Brand (Screenplay)
- Greg Harrison (Screenplay)
Music: Lew Baldwin
Editing: Greg Harrison
Country: Germany, Austria
Language: Deutsch, English
Original Language: en
Keywords
woman director
More Films by Director: Hito Steyerl
More Films in Genre: Thriller
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is November about?
- In the eighties, Hito Steyerl shot a feminist martial arts film on Super-8 stock. Her best friend Andrea Wolf played the lead role, that of a woman warrior dressed in leather and mounted on a motorcycle. The engagement expressed in the formal grammar of exploitation films later became Wolf’s political praxis: She went to fight alongside the PKK in the Kurdish regions between Turkey and northern Iraq, where she was killed in 1998. Now honoured by Kurds as an “immortal revolutionary,” her portrait is carried at demonstrations.
- Who directed November?
- November was directed by Hito Steyerl.
- Who stars in November?
- November stars Andrea Wolf.
- How long is November?
- November has a runtime of 25m (25 minutes).
- What genre is November?
- November is a Thriller film.
- Where was November produced?
- November was produced in Germany, Austria.