Aaron Sorkin’s “The trial of Chicago 7” pag

An intense film involving themes that are awfully relevant today: injustice, racism and police brutality. Aaron Sorkin ’ s “The trial of the Chicago 7”

It’ s a Netflix original production, released on September 25 of this year, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. A legal drama, with remarkably witty dialogue and full of flashbacks, that tells a powerful story of an intense trial.

Maria Zamberlan, IIG

hile it’s understandable that in this semi-lockdown we’d want to watch carefree content, I urge you to check out a movie which is a bit more serious. With a running time of just over 2 hours, “The trial of the Chicago 7” is an intense film involving themes that are awfully relevant today: injustice, racism and police brutality. I’m referring to something that I think most of us already know about: the Black Lives Matter movement and what happened in the US this past year. This movie was inspired by real events. It’s about a group of anti-Vietnam war protesters who were involved in a riot with the police on the occasion of the Democratic National Convention in 1968. This led to them being accused of conspiracy to incite violence and then to be tried by a federal jury and a biased judge. Not to spoil anything, the judge (which can also be called “the court”) is obviously not objective from the first scenes. Don’t be fooled by the name “Chicago 7”, because the defendants were actually eight:

which were part of theSDS (Students for a Democratic Society); Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, from the Youth International Party, commonly known as the Yippies; Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party in 1966;

David Dellinger, moderate activist for peace since the 1950s and founder of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (MOBE) Lee Weiner and John Froines, who leave for the protests, another way to underline that they represent very different ideologies within the anti-war wave. Then, most of the screen time is sensibly balanced between the courtroom

were little-known community activists. Now, I can’t tell you why the title doesn’t include all of them, you’ll find it out by watching. This movie can also count on a and flashbacks of the actual riots. Keep in mind though that Sorkin's style of writing is idealistic so there may be a few historical inaccuracies here and there.

strong cast which includes Micheal Keaton (Batman), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of everything), Yahya Abdul-MateenII (Aquaman), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 days of summer) and worked. However, they are minor and only serve entertainment purposes. It was written to have an impact on its audience and, at least for me, it

John Carroll Lynch (American Horror Story). They are fundamentally important in the portrayal of the big differences between the activists. It’s a Netflix “Give me a moment, would you, friend? I’ve never been on trial for my thoughts before.” -Abbie Hoffman With this line, the Yippie representative

original production, released on September 25 of this year, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Usually you might think that the script is not that important, but I can assure you that here, it makes all the difference. I know a legal drama sounds boring but that’s why I consider this writer to be so competent. He is remarkably witty in his dialogue. The motion picture opens with real footage from the sixties, used to explain sums up the point of the movie: the trial for the Chicago 7 was orchestrated to incriminate their beliefs and not their actions. They wouldn’t have been condemned because of real crimes but because they had the courage to protest for their ideas

the historical context of the story. The second scene is a brilliant puzzle of the defendants while they are preparing to