This outstanding Oscar nominated documentary is very informative about a period of American history, that most Americans don't know much about. A group of revolutionaries, calling themselves "The Weathermen", planned to overthrow the US government in the seventies because of the Viet Nam war. Archival footage and interviews with members of the group is fascinating to say the least. They were not terrorists and no one was killed by the actual Weathermen group. Around 1970 they went underground for 11 years being hunted constantly by the FBI, and conducted property and building bombings to protest acts of the US government. It all came to an end when the War ended, but their story is as amazing today and as it was then, in fact, their cause is just as important today because our government is repeating history with the ridiculous Iraq war. Two excellent commentaries, one with the co-director and the other with two of the leaders of the group are highly informative. I love historical documentaries, and this one is extremely well done.
Review of The Weather Underground
