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Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:42:59 -0800
From: radtimes <resist@best.com>
Subject: The Weather Underground (film)
The Weather Underground
West Coast Premiere
"Hello, I'm going to read a declaration of a state of war...within the next
14 days we will attack a symbol or institution of American injustice." -
Bernardine Dohrn
Thirty years ago, with those words, a group of young American radicals
announced their intention to overthrow the U.S. government. Fueled by
outrage over racism and the Vietnam War, the Weather Underground waged a
low-level war against the U.S. government through much of the ^A'70s-bombing
targets across the country that they considered emblematic of "the real
violence" that the U.S. was wreaking throughout the world. Ultimately, the
group's carefully organized clandestine network managed to successfully
evade one of the largest manhunts in FBI history, yet the group's members
would reemerge to life in a country that was dramatically different than
the one they had hoped their efforts would inspire.
Directors Sam Green and Bill Siegel gain access to former Underground
members, who speak publicly about the idealistic passion that drove them to
"bring the war home" and the trajectory that placed them on the FBI's most
wanted list. Looking back at their years underground, the former members
paint an incredibly compelling portrait of troubled times, revolutionary
times, and the forces that drove their resistance.
Al Owens
Director(s): Sam Green, Bill Siegel
Producer(s): Sam Green, Bill Siegel, Carrie Lozano, Marc Smolowitz
Cinematographer(s): Andrew Black, Federico Salsano
Editor(s): Sam Green, Bill Siegel, Dawn Logsdon
Principal Cast: N/A
Film Info: 90min/HD-CAM
Country: United States
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