![]() ![]() This is also the only documentary I have seen that shows Martin Luther King Jr. The filmmakers have done an excellent job of capturing the emotional and political climate of the Vietnam War era. In fact, a couple of WU people appeared in Antonioni's film. I feel like I understand that film so much better now having seen this one. Although one is a narrative and the other a documentary, this film makes for a great companion piece with Antonioni's ZABRISKE POINT. This was the turning point not only for them, but for the film. ![]() It took a few of their own being killed by their own device -a homemade bomb- to wake them up. ![]() They seemed like selfish and unsophisticated amateur activists at first, and they were. Like a lot of people, I had a low opinion of the Weathermen at the beginning of the film. This is one of the most amazing documentaries I've ever seen. ![]()
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