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  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary In 1969, a radical splinter group broke off from SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), convinced that only militant action could end racism, the war in Vietnam and the inequalities they felt inherent in a capitalist society. The Weather Underground engaged in numerous bombings (and failed bombings) that landed them on the FBI's Most W...

Directed By: Bill Siegel

  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • Shadow Distribution
  • 1 h 32 m

The Weather Underground

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 1969, a radical splinter group broke off from SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), convinced that only militant action could end racism, the war in Vietnam and the inequalities they felt inherent in a capitalist society. The Weather Underground engaged in numerous bombings (and failed bombings) that landed them on the FBI's Most W...

Directed By: Bill Siegel

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Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Along with its historical value, The Weather Underground is also a terrific movie, energetic, and articulate. It's the don't-miss documentary of the season.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
88
Offers a welcome perspective, reminding us that extremism in the name of a values system is nothing new -- not even on these shores.
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW
88
Essential viewing for anyone who wants to know the roots -- and perils -- of modern political dissent.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
80
A compelling piece of work that turns out to have unexpected relevance to the current world situation.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
75
The documentary plays it down the middle, neither condemning nor romanticizing the political outlaws, but making sense of who they were and what they did.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
70
It's curious that the filmmakers choose to end the story without reporting on Weatherwoman Kathy Boudin's involvement in an ill-fated 1981 robbery of a Brinks truck in New York State.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
50
Filmmakers Sam Green and Bill Siegel tend to shy from tough questions, allowing their subjects to wax nostalgic about bomb-throwing as yet another youthful folly of the '70s. That's tougher to swallow than some boomers' claims they didn't inhale.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Production Company The Free History Project
Release Date Jun 4, 2003
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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