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Weather Underground

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This bold and avocative documentary film tells a story of The Weatherman/ Weather Underground Organization derived from a frustration inside the U.S. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a group of ’70′s radicals who, outraged by the Vietnam War and racism in America, went on low-level war against the U.S government throughout the decade.  This is an absolutely great film: an unflinching, often graphic, look at the realities of the Vietnam War, its casualties and devastation.  Inspiring era of activism, more than anything, it’s a coming of age story of sorts. The studenst that once comprised the Underground are now all adults, chastened by the lessons of their past (they embraced an ideology that only marginalized them when it came time to give up their arms and join the “real world”), seasoned by their experience, and ever hopeful and eager for a more just future.

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~ by documentary on June 17, 2009.

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