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The Weather Underground
caitiethegreatie - wrote on 04/29/08
The Weather Underground follows the development of the radical revolutionary group The Weathermen out of the fervor of the 1960's anti-war movement. The film chronicles the movement's turn underground and eventual fall apart as its cause became irrelevant to many Americans.
Film makers Bill Siegel and Sam Green infuse into their documentary the real spirit of the revolutionaries that spearheaded this movement. Allowing the members of the Weather Underground to tell their own story drives home their message that ordinary people can be driven to take extreme action when they feel their voices aren't heard. The film holds a particular efficacy in our time, when once again distrust of the government is prevalent
Ultimately, the story of the Weather Underground is a warning about the dangers of massive group think and the abilities of mass opinion to generate strong and sometimes violent action. .
