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Underground

Year1976
Directed byEmile de Antonio
Made inUnited States
See it on en.wikipedia.org

At a glance

Underground is a 1976 documentary about the Weathermen, a militant faction that emerged from Students for a Democratic Society and sought to overthrow the U.S. government. Directed by Emile de Antonio, Haskell Wexler and Mary Lampson, the film brings together interviews with group members after they went underground and footage of anti-war and civil rights protests from the period. Its subject places the film at the intersection of political activism, protest movements and the history of the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. The film also became part of an FBI effort to obtain information about the group: its filmmakers were subpoenaed in an attempt to seize the footage and use it to help arrest the Weathermen. The documentary is in English and was released in the United States in 1976.

Who it is for

A fit for viewers studying U.S. protest movements, the Weathermen, or political documentary. Teachers and students may find its interviews and protest footage useful for discussing activism in the period.

What is good

  • Interviews with members of the Weathermen
  • Includes anti-war and civil rights protest footage
  • Focuses on a U.S. militant faction
  • English-language documentary

What to know first

  • The subject is a group seeking to overthrow the U.S. government
  • The filmmakers were subpoenaed over their footage

Verdict

Underground combines interviews with protest footage to examine the Weathermen and their political context. It may interest viewers exploring activism and documentary filmmaking around the period.

Details

Year
1976wikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026
Director
Emile de Antoniowikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026
Country
United Stateswikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026
IMDb
tt0075367wikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026

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