Don't miss David Gilbert on DVD
I thought this was a great film -- well paced, informative. I lived through this truly difficult period in history, and I thought the filmmakers and participants acquitted themselves very well.
One of the best 'peripheral' things about the DVD is the interview (in prison) with David Gilbert, a former Weather member who started as a pacifist and saw his life spiral out of control.
Gilbert is extremely articulate, and he brilliantly explains the awful angst that these people were going through, plodding along, not really have any precedent from which to draw inspiration or knowledge.
Gilbert is serving an absurd '75-to-life' prison term for a incident not related to Weather. With considerable dignity, he is still fighting, still aligned with the seemingly impossible struggle for some semblance of voice and equity in a hopelessly alienating capitalist system.
The interview is terrific. Gibert emerges, perhaps ironically considering the circumstances, as a most thoughtful spokesperson for eminent common sense.