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The Trial of the Chicago Seven had so much potential. The court transcript is replete with drama and easy to adapt, yet this movie fails at it. I don’t know what went wrong here, but it was a tremendous let down. I’ve been trying to focus on good movies, but my patrons voted for this on Patreon, so I slogged through it. Honestly, I wish I could have just thrown it aside. When a 1987 made-for-TV movie outdoes this well-funded production, you know something is a-miss. The true story is very compelling, because the ten people on the defense team became martyrs for freedom of speech as a result of this trial. The Nixon administration tried to silence protestors and they went to prison for it, like patriots. They turned the court into a circus because there was no other way to redress their grievances, showing what civil disobedience looks like.
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*Errata*
4:23 that's supposed to be George Wallace, not William, LOL (thx slade7490)
*Bibliography*
Hoffman Abbie, _Steal This Book,_ 50th anniversary ed. with new forward by Lisa Fithian (1971; New York: Hachette, 2021). amzn.to/3PZCTWC
Julilly Kohler-Hausmann, _Getting Tough: Welfare and Imprisonment in 1970s America_ (Princeton, N.Jer.: Princeton University Press, 2017). amzn.to/2M2ol7j
Mark L. Levine, George C. McNamee, Daniel Greenberg, eds., _The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript,_ forward by Aaron Sorkin )Seattle: Audible, 2020). amzn.to/3F3825i
Jon Wiener, _Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven_ (New York: New Press, 2006). amzn.to/3rz4Gnr
Compilation of sources on trial: famous-trials.com/chicago8/1366-home
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Wiki: The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants - Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner - charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and 1960s counterculture protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Eight became the Chicago Seven after the case against co-defendant Bobby Seale was declared a mistrial.
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Hashtags: #history #thetrialofthechicago7 #review #basedonatruestory
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The Trial of the Chicago Seven had so much potential. The court transcript is replete with drama and easy to adapt, yet this movie fails at it. I don’t know what went wrong here, but it was a tremendous let down. I’ve been trying to focus on good movies, but my patrons voted for this on Patreon, so I slogged through it. Honestly, I wish I could have just thrown it aside. When a 1987 made-for-TV movie outdoes this well-funded production, you know something is a-miss. The true story is very compelling, because the ten people on the defense team became martyrs for freedom of speech as a result of this trial. The Nixon administration tried to silence protestors and they went to prison for it, like patriots. They turned the court into a circus because there was no other way to redress their grievances, showing what civil disobedience looks like.
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*Errata*
4:23 that's supposed to be George Wallace, not William, LOL (thx slade7490)
*Bibliography*
Hoffman Abbie, _Steal This Book,_ 50th anniversary ed. with new forward by Lisa Fithian (1971; New York: Hachette, 2021). amzn.to/3PZCTWC
Julilly Kohler-Hausmann, _Getting Tough: Welfare and Imprisonment in 1970s America_ (Princeton, N.Jer.: Princeton University Press, 2017). amzn.to/2M2ol7j
Mark L. Levine, George C. McNamee, Daniel Greenberg, eds., _The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript,_ forward by Aaron Sorkin )Seattle: Audible, 2020). amzn.to/3F3825i
Jon Wiener, _Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Seven_ (New York: New Press, 2006). amzn.to/3rz4Gnr
Compilation of sources on trial: famous-trials.com/chicago8/1366-home
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Connected videos
Judas and the Black Messiah: youtu.be/fxFowVDa36k
Based on a True Story playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVzPp-sQVV48cdfyeg9G5JJ
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Wiki: The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants - Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner - charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and 1960s counterculture protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Eight became the Chicago Seven after the case against co-defendant Bobby Seale was declared a mistrial.
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Hashtags: #history #thetrialofthechicago7 #review #basedonatruestory
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Chapters
0:00 intro and sponsor
2:54 reality
8:44 scholarship
10:16 accuracy
13:04 inaccuracy
