The Weather Underground

On the evening of October 8, 1969, 200 protesters stood milling about Lincoln Park in Chicago. October 8th was to be the first of three "Days of Rage," and while the protesters were close to 24,000 people short of the expected number, those present kicked things off proper by storming through the Gold Coast neighborhood, breaking windows, assaulting cars. The police soon counterattacked, and after two days of simmer down and wound mending, the protesters reformed in the Loop. More than half of the protesters were jailed that day, many of them part of a collective known as the Weatherman. The excellent documentary The Weather Underground chronicles in a meditative, and electrifying manner the Weatherman's short lived, yet defining calls to action in the late 60s and early 70s. Come see where the "palling with terrorists" biz all started - hear Bill Ayers set the record straight. Come see the real reason  why that guy in the picture is wearing a football helmet. And like at our inaugural film Cooley High, there will be free popcorn. 

Thanks, by the way, for all of those who came out last Wednesday in the rainy weather for Cooley High. Everyone left with new information about life in 1960s Chicago, the R&B group Boys II Men, and why you should never go joy riding in a stolen car with unscrupulous friends.