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The Report
Why this pick
A tightly structured Washington investigation driven by moral outrage, institutional resistance, and escalating evidence rather than action-set-piece suspense.
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MOVIE2020 2h 9m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The trial of protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, where clashes between demonstrators and police made it one of the defining events of the decade.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Eddie Redmayne
Tom Hayden
Alex Sharp
Rennie Davis
Sacha Baron Cohen
Abbie Hoffman
Jeremy Strong
Jerry Rubin
John Carroll Lynch
David Dellinger
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Bobby Seale
Mark Rylance
William Kunstler
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Richard Schultz