Chicago 8

Watch this movie, it should be part every person's high school civic's education.
This film is entirely based on the transcripts of the trial of the Chicago 8.

The judge appointed to try the case was Julius D Hoffman (the ex-law partner of the standing mayor, Richard J Daley). When it became apparent that the jury wouldn't convict, he sentenced all the defendants and all the lawyers for the defense to terms of months to years in prison for "contempt of court", causing in each case a mistrial. This would allow Nixon's federal prosecuters another try at convicting the prisoners later. The court of appeals reversed the contempt of court decisions in 1972. The court of appeals reversed all subsequent convictions related to the case, in 1972.

Watch the film and decide for yourself....

Full disclosure: I was there, in Chicago, at the time and sixteen years old. The police were so violently inclined that while I was walking down the street with friends a police car ran up over the curb and three police jumped out with billy clubs. A couple...

chicago 8
i really enjoyed this movie, which is about an event in our time that was not a very shining moment. the film interjects real news clips into the movie.all the actors gave a stellar performance.. if you are looking for a good movie to rent..may i suggest Chicago 8.

Interesting movie recounting history of activism in America in the 1970's
A movie that grips your mind from the start. Its an account of some young political activists fighting for racial equality in the 1970's. The smart and beautiful Mayim Bialik gets less of a role in the film than she deserves. Proving herself a talent powerhouse in the Big Bang Theory as Amy Farrah Fowler and starring in her own show Blossom in the early 1990's her inclusion sealed the deal on it for me.

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