The Antifascists

"A war is being fought on the streets of Europe. The aim is on fascism."

Mar 9 2017 N/A 1h 14m
Documentary

A low-intensity war is being fought on the streets of Europe and the aim is on fascism. This critically acclaimed documentary takes us behind the masks of the militants called antifascists. In 2013 a group of armed nazis attacks a peaceful demonstration in Stockholm where several people are injured. In Greece the neo-nazi party Golden Dawn becomes the third largest in the election and in Malmö the activist Showan Shattak and his friends are attacked by a group of nazis with knives and he ends up in a coma. In this portrait of the antifascists in Greece and Sweden we get to meet key figures that explain their view on their radical politics but also to question the level their own violence and militancy.

Plot

A low intense war is being fought on the streets of Europe and the aim is on fascism. This documentary takes us behind the masks of the militant groups called antifascists. In 2013 a group of armed nazis attacks a peaceful demonstration in Stockholm where several people are injured. In Greece the neonazi party Golden Dawn becomes the third largest in the election and in Malmö the activist Showan Shattak and his friends are attacked by a group of nazis with knives and he ends up in a coma. In this portrait of the antifascists in Greece and Sweden we get to meet key figures that explain their view on their radical politics but also to question the level their own violence and militancy.

Written by

Emil Ramos, Patrik Öberg

Directed by

Patrik Öberg, Emil Ramos

Cast

Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Showan Shattak, Athena Farrokhzad

Crew

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Production Countries

Sweden, Greece

Production Companies

Aeaeae Produktion

Languages

English, svenska

Awards

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# of Votes
201
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
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