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The film tells the story of the 1969-70 trial of the Chicago Eight (later known as the Chicago Seven), and is adapted from the trial transcripts and a play The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Ron Sossi and Frank Condon.
- Drama
May 16, 1987 · Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8: Directed by Jeremy Kagan. With Brian Benben, Peter Boyle, Robert Carradine, David Clennon. A dramatized historical recreation of the Chicago Conspiracy trial with present testimonies by many of the participants.
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- Documentary, Drama, History
- Jeremy Kagan
- 1987-05-16
🟢 Title: Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 🟢 Summary: A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968...
- 118 min
- 10.5K
- Boomer Channel
These are some of the questions that surround one of the most unusual courtroom spectacles in American history, the 1969-70 trial of eight radicals accused of conspiring to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Chicago 7 (or 8, minus Bobby Seale)
- Becky Little
- 2 min
- The Chicago Eight were the first people tried under the first federal anti-riot law. 1968 Riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Anti-riot laws were all at the local or state level until the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, which included a provision making it illegal to cross state lines to incite a riot.
- Prominent voices challenged the legitimacy of the anti-riot law. The Chicago Eight: (top L-R) Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman,Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale, Lee Weiner, John Froines and David Dellinger, circa 1968.&
- There was a clear cultural clash between the judge and the defendants. Judge Julius Hoffman, 1969. During the trial, yippies Hoffman and Rubin sometimes used unusual tactics to draw attention to their arguments.
- The judge ordered Bobby Seale to be chained and gagged in court. Courtroom drawing of Bobby Seale bound and gagged during the trial, by Franklin McMahon.
Nov 24, 2020 · A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.
A riot breaks out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968. A group of eight men are arrested and put on trial for conspiring to incite the riot, including Abbie Hoffman (Michael Lembeck...
- Drama
