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The Weather Underground, 2002
English
USA
Profile of The Weather Underground
The mood of The Weather Underground is disturbing, thought provoking, and captivating. The plot centers around rebelliousness, rebellion, and fighting the system. It is a documentary, drama, and period movie. In approach, The Weather Underground is serious and realistic. The setting is Vietnam. It happens during the Vietnam War, in the 1960s, and in the 1980s. The Weather Underground is known for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of The Weather Underground
This intensely captivating documentary from directors Bill Siegel and Sam Green focuses on the radical political activist group the Weathermen, who organized in the 1960s to protest the Vietnam War. With roots in a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Weathermen represented a small faction of political-minded protesters who believed that in order to avoid being marginalized and ignored by the US government, they would need to take violent action. Speaking out with clear goals to intentionally inflict violence, their slogan was "Bring the War Home," indicating that they would mimic on US turf the violence that US troops were ordered to carry out in Vietnam. They organized bombings--sometimes botching their plans horribly and causing unintended casualties--that put them on the Most Wanted list of the FBI. In turn, they split up and went underground, trying to avoid prosecution while continuing to plan violent protests. While The Weather Underground takes a fascinating look at the wildly daring tactics and philosophies that this group used to try to make a change; it also comments on the group's failures and its irresponsible methods. Some of the most revelatory moments of the film come from other political activist groups, such as the Black Panthers, reflecting back on the actions of the Weathermen, and, in hindsight, looking at the group's practices with new perspective.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 17 November 2002 |
| Runtime: | 92 min |
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Critics Reviews
Washington Post
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- by: Desson Thomson
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: James Adams
Users Reviews
- 03.January.2011
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- by: Peter Holt Hoffman
- Peter Holt Hoffman rated this movie
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- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
- sethdellinger rated this movie0/10
