Review Of The Film "The Weather Underground"

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Review of the film The Weather Underground

The film The Weather Underground was a great way to educate the population about a part of history not many people know about. The film was a documentary by Sam Green and Bill Siegle. The directors used many strategies and elements to make the film effective for the purpose of a documentary, which would be to inform their audience. They used elements like flashbacks of images and news reports, and interviews from now and then along with audio to accomplish their task. They strategically arranged the placement of all of these elements to bring out the viewers emotions and draw them into the piece.

The documentary on The Weather Underground is about a part of the United States history that not many young adult Americans know about. It showed the events that occurred in the 1960s and 1970s that effected how people thought. Some people even called it a revolution. It all started with a group of college students in an organization named Students for a Democratic Society. There were colleges all over the United States with this student organization. The Vietnam War and unequal rights of African American people were the main part of the student organizations concerns. They wanted change in the United States government policies and the only way they saw that happening was to overthrow the United States government. At first the group was for a peaceful protest for their causes. When the Students for a Democratic Society realized that nonviolent tactics were not working several students formed the Weather Underground group and went into hiding. The group would place bombs in planned locations. Then set them off in protest against events or actions the government was involved with. The bombs were not detonated to kill or to injure people, but to get a point across that policies within the United States Government needed to change. The group would make sure someone was notified well ahead of the time the bomb was to detonate so that people could be evacuated from the buildings or areas. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was watching the group throughout its existence. They would use illegal tactics to try and catch the Weather Underground but they failed to complete their task. Finally, the group started to dissemble in 1975 after the war in Vietnam ended, since the War was their main focus they had little to protest against.

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