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Underground

Underground

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 9, 1976

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Underground

Production Companies

Turin Film, Action 27

Director

Haskell Wexler

Description

Underground is a 1976 documentary film about the Weathermen, founded as a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), who fought to overthrow the U.S. government during the 1960s and 1970s. The film consists of interviews with members of the group after they went underground and footage of the anti-war and civil rights protests of the time. It was directed by Emile de Antonio, Haskell Wexler and Mary Lampson, later subpoenaed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in an attempt to confiscate the film footage in order to gain information that would help them arrest the Weathermen. (Wikipedia)