"Underground" | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society

Poster

"Underground"

"Underground" | Poster | Wisconsin Historical Society
Poster advertising a screening of Emile de Antonio's 1976 documentary film "Underground," at Harvard's Science Center B. Poster shows a scene from the movie with de Antonio in the background facing the camera and a member of the Weather Underground in the foreground, with her back to the camera. The main text of the poster reads: From the "Days of Rage" to Nyack, the media and the F.B.I. choose to call them "terrorists"...but who are these people of the "Weather Underground"? ...This is their story, filmed under threat of grand jury subpoena in 1976 by filmmakers Emile De Antonio and Mary Lampson and Academy-Award winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Kathy Boudin, Jeff Jones, Bernardine Dohrn, Billy Ayers and Catherine Wilkerson speak of their origins, their vision and their controversial choice to go... Underground.

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Poster advertising a screening of Emile de Antonio's 1976 documentary film "Underground," at Harvard's Science Center B. Poster shows a scene from the movie with de Antonio in the background facing the camera and a member of the Weather Underground in the foreground, with her back to the camera. The main text of the poster reads: From the "Days of Rage" to Nyack, the media and the F.B.I. choose to call them "terrorists"...but who are these people of the "Weather Underground"? ...This is their story, filmed under threat of grand jury subpoena in 1976 by filmmakers Emile De Antonio and Mary Lampson and Academy-Award winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Kathy Boudin, Jeff Jones, Bernardine Dohrn, Billy Ayers and Catherine Wilkerson speak of their origins, their vision and their controversial choice to go... Underground.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:102870
Creation Date:circa 1976
Creator Name:Unknown
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County:
State:
Collection Name:Emile de Antonio papers, 1868-1990 (bulk 1950s-1980s)
Genre:Poster
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:U.S. Mss 117AN OV Folder 1
Original Dimensions:14 x 10 inches
SUBJECTS
Motion picture producers and directors
Motion pictures
Clothing and dress
Hats
Indoor photography
Men
Women
RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS
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Reference Details
Location:Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin

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