The Weather Underground

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"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 '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. Preceded by: The Picture of You (Nicholas Siapkaris, 21 min., USA) With the help of his sardonic pal and a whimsical Las Vegas showgirl, a man comes face to face with the object of his desire.