Product DescriptionThe 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 Horton - Actors: Charles Manson, Martin Luther King, Billy Ayers, Todd Gitlin, Kathleen Cleaver
- Director: Sam Green (II)
- Director: Bill Siegel
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: Unrated
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
- ISBN: 0767063686
- Language (Original Language): English
- Language (Subtitled): Spanish
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2004-05-25
- Running Time: 92 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2003
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