randomWalks

I saw the film in an air-conditioned, pitch-black press screening room at Sundance earlier this year and when the first frames started rolling, I realized I only vaguely knew who the Weather Underground were-a hazy memory from high school history class, a faint recollection of a Bob Dylan song. As I watched, I kept asking myself how had I not known about this splinter student group that emerged in the late 60s, went underground in 1970, and by the time it disbanded in 1976 had taken credit for bombing two dozen public buildings, including a bathroom in the State Department? They even busted Timothy Leary out of jail!

If you want to see a real movie that takes up difficult questions about revolution, skip Matrix: Reloaded and take in The Weather Underground.

Here's Guerrilla News Network's interesting take on the movie as well as a Village Voice review and another one.

originally posted by zagg