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Peace activists Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong, left of center), David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch, center) and Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen, right of center) are caught up in the action in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, i…

Peace activists Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong, left of center), David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch, center) and Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen, right of center) are caught up in the action in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, in writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” (Photo courtesy of Netflix.)

Review: In 'The Trial of the Chicago 7,' Aaron Sorkin makes a 50-year-old court case as lively as today's headlines

October 08, 2020 by Sean P. Means

The old adage — that historical drama says more about the time it was made than the time it depicts — has hardly ever been more true than with writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” a riveting portrayal of events from 50 years ago that feels as vital as the latest news bulletin.

The Chicago 7, as we old people can tell you, were the leaders of the anti-war protests that arrived in Chicago for the 1968 Democratic National Convention — and ran headlong into Mayor Richard Daley’s Chicago Police, which led to beatings, tear gas and arrests. The protesters chanted “The whole world is watching!” but it didn’t seem to matter, as the establishment Democrat, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, took the nomination, and then lost the 1968 election to Richard Nixon.

Read the full review at sltrib.com.

October 08, 2020 /Sean P. Means
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