Rebel Girl
November 30th, 2004, 09:50 PM
I just rented this from the library and I am already really super excited.
[what is says on the back of the movie]
"Hello. I'm going to read a declaration of a state of war. Within the next 14 days, we will attack a symbol or institution of American injustice." -Bernardine Dohrn.
Thirty years ago, with these words, a group of young American radicals called The Weathermen annoucned their intention to overthrow the U.S goverment. Fueled by outrage over the Wietnam War and racism in America, they went underground during the 1970s, bombing targets across the country that they felt symbolized "the real violence" that the U.S. goverment and capitalist power were wreaking throughout the world. From pitched battles with the police on Chicago's streets, to bombing the U.S. Capitol building, to breaking acid-guru Timothy Leary out of prison, this carefully organized clandestine network attempted to incite a national revolution, while successfully evading one of the largest FBI manhunts in history.
I'm effin excited! Everything was so much cooler before I was born! Why did my parents neglect to tell me about this?! People were so passionate back then. I must say I orgasmed when I read what they did for Timothy Leary. What happened?
[what is says on the back of the movie]
"Hello. I'm going to read a declaration of a state of war. Within the next 14 days, we will attack a symbol or institution of American injustice." -Bernardine Dohrn.
Thirty years ago, with these words, a group of young American radicals called The Weathermen annoucned their intention to overthrow the U.S goverment. Fueled by outrage over the Wietnam War and racism in America, they went underground during the 1970s, bombing targets across the country that they felt symbolized "the real violence" that the U.S. goverment and capitalist power were wreaking throughout the world. From pitched battles with the police on Chicago's streets, to bombing the U.S. Capitol building, to breaking acid-guru Timothy Leary out of prison, this carefully organized clandestine network attempted to incite a national revolution, while successfully evading one of the largest FBI manhunts in history.
I'm effin excited! Everything was so much cooler before I was born! Why did my parents neglect to tell me about this?! People were so passionate back then. I must say I orgasmed when I read what they did for Timothy Leary. What happened?