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What set the Weather Underground apart was their passion and ardor. Formed mainly as a result of the Vietnam War, the group wanted to show America the horrors of war, and decided to bring the war to America. They believed there were in a state of war with the US government. Battle came in the form of a series of bombings, usually accompanied by some sort of note or message identifying the Weather Underground as the instigators and proclaiming what the bombing was in response to. These actions are particularly interesting given the current political climate of this country. There is certainly opposition to US actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but nobody is protesting to this extent.
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The nation's first online weather service, Weather Underground is committed to delivering the most reliable, accurate weather information possible. The company's state-of-the-art technology monitors conditions and forecasts for over 60,000 cities worldwide. In addition to providing free, real-time online weather information to millions of Web users, Weather Underground offers a variety of newspaper weather services and custom website weather packages.
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Although mainly talking heads, The Weather Underground has a pleasingly rough-hewn quality. The contextual material is often unfamiliar and the grim 8mm street footage that accompanies some interviews is highly evocative. That the movie is as engrossing as it is goes with the territory. Todd Gitlin, representative of an earlier, more rational SDS, shows up to make the Bonnie and Clyde connection. But that glamorous equation was promoted by the radicals themselves even before they bailed from shared social reality to live out a certain movie scenario. The Weatherists may not have been taken seriously as the vanguard of a youth revolution, but these righteous outlaws did have an appreciative audience.
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Docurama's The Weather Underground features a nice full frame transfer. The quality of the archival footage in this film varies greatly, but for the most part it looks better than it should. All of the old 8mm films from the 1960s and 1970s are surely one of the drawing points of the film, and those wanting to see these excerpts generally won't be disappointed. Pixelization sometimes pops up in the newly recorded interviews, but it isn't terribly distracting. Sound quality is ... good, with a full rich tone to this stereo mix. The soundtrack also fares well, thankfully eschewing the now-tired 1960s protest music for stark soundscape pieces contributed by artists including Aphex Twin and Ian MacKaye of Fugazi.
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At one point, the members of the Weather Underground went into hiding, some for nearly a decade. This is where the documentary falls short. The members don't say much about where they were, what they did, and how they managed to stay in hiding. This is the part of the story that most people know little about, and after watching the documentary, there are still many questions remaining. The Weather Underground gets a little better when Green and Siegel have the members reminisce about the lessons they learned. The documentary may not necessarily be relevant in today's apathetic college climate (well, as long as colleges don't take away their file sharing), but it does present some interesting questions.
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Part of the leadership of the Weather Underground, Dohrn was considered the organization’s figurehead. She spent the 1970s living underground and was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Today, Dohrn is an associate professor and director at Northwestern University's Children and Justice Center.
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