February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, granddaughter of William Randolph Heart, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), who first demanded a prisoner swap for Hearst, then, as it failed, demanded $6 million worth of food for the poor of the Bay Area.

Kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army before converting to the terrorist group’s cause, Patty Hearst was a wildly controversial figure. Interviewing members of the SLA but eschewing psychological profile, Guerrilla examines the cultural context of an extraordinary moment in American history.