The Weather Underground is a 2002 English-language Documentary History movie directed by Sam Green and Bill Siegel. In the late 1960s and early 1970s polarization of American political situation was becoming acute, with the Vietnam War abroad and civil rights at home being the most pressing issues. For the youth political movement, mingly ineffectual methods of peaceful protest and resistance led to the rise of a faction that wanted a extreme approach that the government could not ignore. One particular group, the Weather Underground, attempted to team up with the Black Panthers to violently confront the US government. They began with participation in street riots, and escalated their efforts to include the bombing of specific targets associated with the government or local power structures. Through archival footage and interviews of participants on both sides of this conflict, this film covers the Weather Underground's campaign of violence through this period, the FBI's strategies and tactics to apprehend them (including some deemed unethical or illegal), until changing times and disillusionment brought their activities to an end. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com). The weather underground features Bill Ayers in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Bernardine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, Brian Flanagan, Naomi Jaffe, Laura Whitehorn and David Gilbert. The motion picture has a running time of 95 minutes. It was released on 13th November 2003 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The film made a box office gross of $0 million.