The Weather Underground
by Bill Siegel, Sam Green (II)
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Actor: Brian Flanagan (II), James Robison, Martin Luther King, Pamela Z, Ronald ReaganDirector: Bill Siegel, Sam Green (II)
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: NEW VIDEO GROUP
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Movie Review: Focused Film On Political Organization From 60's & 70's
Summary: 4 Stars
Firstly, these are to be reviews of the film, not your opinion about The Weather Underground organization. This is not your blog! Go post your opinions about 60's/70's radicals, the Vietnam War, Nixon, etc. some place else!
Alright. This is a very focused film on the 60's/70's group The Weather Underground. It has contemporary interviews w/its members, a few people from The Black Panthers, a former FBI agent, loads of archival footage and some helpful narratives that guide you through events of the period. It doesn't stray too far from the members of the organization and I don't think it paints an overly sympathetic view of the members. It let's you make your own judgment on whether their actions during the period make them heroes or villains (which you should not post in a review of the film) or at the very minimum, it educates you about a period in American history (I was a toddler at the time & my parents didn't let me read/watch the news nor talk to strangers).
I give this documentary four stars b/c it is very concise & cohesive in its narrative. I didn't get a complete sense of the individual members, but I did get a sense of their motivations, regrets, etc.
Summary of The Weather Underground
The key players in the radical movement known as the Weather Underground are skillfully brought to life in this Oscar-nominated documentary. The Weathermen were born of sixties protest, but took their scheme to overthrow the U.S. government to especially violent extremes. Never a well-populated movement, the Underground petered out as its leaders aged during the seventies; by decade's end, weary of hiding, most of them had turned themselves over to the authorities. That journey, by which a fire-breathing revolutionary such as Bernadine Dohrn became a (still fiery) gray-haired wife and mother, is an intriguing one. This film, rich in period footage (and some unnecessary sensationalism) captures the era somewhat broadly. But the present-day interviews with the participants, contrasted with their radical selves, provides an exceptionally detailed look inside the organization itself. It's not a nostalgic look back, and the overall mood is sobering rather than celebratory. Lili Taylor provides the narration. --Robert HortonDocumentary DVD Video
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