The Weather Underground
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 far-left Communist terrorist 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]

Reception

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 the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2004.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Weather Underground" – via MUBI.
  2. ↑ The Weather Underground Box Office Mojo
  3. ↑ Ebert, Roger. "The Weather Underground movie review (2003) | Roger Ebert".
  4. ↑ "The Weather Underground - Official Trailer" – via ROCO films on YouTube.
  5. ↑ "The Weather Underground" – via Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ↑ "The Weather Underground" – via Metacritic.
  7. ↑ "Documentary Short and Feature Film Oscar® Winners in 2004" – via Oscars on YouTube.
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