THis is a suspenseful and sometimes eloquent film with inspired casting that paints '60s-era anti-war activists as flawed heroes up against a corrupt bureaucracy. Among the defendants are hippies Abbie Hoffman ( Sacha Baron Cohen) and Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong), of the Youth International Party (known as the Yippies), the more clean-cut Tom Hayden ( Eddie Redmayne) and Rennie Davis (Alex Sharp) of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and Black Panther Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). The new Nixon government has called in young prosecutor Richard Schultz ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to take the case, assigned a seemingly unscrupulous judge (Frank Langella). The defendants and their lawyers (Mark Rylance, Ben Shenkman) are convinced the charges are politically motivated, and in the general social upheaval of the late 1960s, there's a wide breach between the traditional bureaucracy and growing social movements. The protests had been organized without the proper permits, and when thousands of riot police are sent in, they turn bloody.
CHICAGO SEVEN TRIAL
The year is 1969 and 8 men are brought to trial for organizing anti-war protests the prior year outside the Democratic National Convention in THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly There are sexual references and language, but not visual content. The times in general were violent, with thousands dying in Vietnam and political and social figures assassinated. The protests the seven are on trial for turned into bloody riots when protestors clashed with the thousands of heavily-armed police sent in, and these scenes, which combine fictional and archival footage, show police spraying tear gas into crowds and beating protestors with wooden clubs, resulting in bloody faces and heads. They show integrity, seriousness, humor, and courage in standing up for their beliefs, including in tough scenes showing Black men abused by court guards or "executed" by police.
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But the main characters, the trial defendants and their lawyers, are idealistic about their rights to free speech and the plausibility of protesting for social justice, topics of great relevance today. The film involves a lot of talking, which could fly over younger viewers' heads. Viewers with no context of the history behind this courtroom drama might feel lost at times or even bored. Parents need to know that The Trial of the Chicago 7 tackles mature issues, involves scenes of violence inflicted by police, and depicts some authority figures making unethical decisions. Crime scene photos depict a home shootout where another Black man was killed by police, "executed" according to autopsy reports.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. The same judge has shown bias against the sole Black witness and his companions in the courtroom. Two court guards are instructed by the judge to take a Black witness into the back room, where they beat, gag, and cuff him. and Robert Kennedy are referenced, including talk of a bullet going through the latter's brain. There's talk of the roughly 5,000 Americans killed to date in Vietnam and of young men sent to "be slaughtered" in the war. Protestors talk about burning the "pigs" and offer lessons on making Molotov cocktails (shown at work when two men throw them into a US Army recruiting center). Two men attack a woman and start undressing her before another man beats them back. Several are pushed through a glass window after police have chased them down with heavy weaponry. Protestors are shown with bloodied faces and heads. Actual footage is mixed with fictionalized images of police spraying tear gas into crowds and beating protestors with wooden clubs.
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