The Weather Underground (film)

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The Weather Underground
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U.S. DVD cover
Directed bySam Green, Bill Siegel[1]
StarringBill Ayers
Bernardine Dohrn
Mark Rudd
Brian Flanagan
Naomi Jaffe
Laura Whitehorn
David Gilbert
Kathleen Neal Cleaver
Todd Gitlin
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$564,632[2]

The Weather Underground is a 2002 documentary film based on the rise and fall of the American radical organization Weather Underground.[3]

Summary[]

Using archive footage from the time as well as interviews with the Weathermen in the modern day, the film constructs a linear narrative of the organization and serves as a cautionary tale.[4]

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Critical response[]

The Weather Underground has an approval rating of 91% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews, and an average rating of 7.79/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Fascinating documentary about the militant Weathermen".[5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Accolades[]

The film, directed by Sam Green and Bill Siegel, won the audience choice award at the Chicago Underground Film Festival and went on to be nominated for an Academy Award in 2004.[7]

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