The Trial of the Chicago 7
Why this pick
A sharply paced courtroom recreation of the same volatile 1968 prosecution, trading Chicago 10’s animated-documentary form for actor-driven confrontations and political urgency.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
A sharply paced courtroom recreation of the same volatile 1968 prosecution, trading Chicago 10’s animated-documentary form for actor-driven confrontations and political urgency.
Why this pick
Its fiction-documentary hybrid shoots amid the 1968 Democratic Convention protests, offering the same street-level collision of media, policing, and political unrest.
Why this pick
A richly assembled account of student organizing, free-speech battles, and anti-war activism that expands the social movements surrounding Chicago 10’s trial.
Why this pick
A focused documentary on resistance within the U.S. military during Vietnam, sharing Chicago 10’s interest in dissent as a lived, high-stakes political act.
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01 / THE STORY
In 1968, a group of protestors got together to protest the Vietnam War where their actions led to their arrest and trial.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Jerry Rubin (voice)

William Kunstler (voice)

David Dellinger / David Stahl (voice)

Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)

Thomas Foran (voice)

Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)

Bobby Seale (voice)