The Weather Underground
2002 · Movie · 92 min · ★ 6.7 · 85% critics
This documentary follows a radical activist group from the 1970s, showing how youthful opposition to injustice turned into high-risk action. Using interviews and archival material, it explores their motives, the consequences of their choices, and how their paths changed as the movement faded.
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Details
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-11-17
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Critic score
- 85/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (53 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a challenging, interview-led look at late-60s activism and its fallout; Not for you if you prefer purely sympathetic advocacy docs like An Inconvenient Truth or want a lighter entry like Riding Giants.
Pros: thought-provoking history; frank participant interviews; compelling archival material | Cons: heavy-handed tone; unresolved narrative; troubling subject matter
Themes
- rebellion
- vietnam war
- uprising
- anti war
- activism
- cointel pro
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2004 · nominated
Cast & crew
Lili Taylor
as Narrator (voice)
Bernardine Dohrn
as Self
- MR
Mark Rudd
as Self
- BF
Brian Flanagan
as Self
- DG
David Gilbert
as Self
- BA
Bill Ayers
as Self
Kathleen Cleaver
as Self
- LW
Laura Whitehorn
as Self
Directed by Sam Green, Bill Siegel