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Before Aaron Sorkin's new film "Trial of the Chicago 7" there was "Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8". Produced for Cable TV in 1987 this docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring for the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention combines dramatic recreations, faithful to the trial transcripts with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.
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Sep 14, 2012 · The Chicago 8: Directed by Pinchas Perry. With Gary Cole, Steven Culp, Philip Baker Hall, David Julian Hirsh. Eight anti-war protesters go on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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As someone who was living in Chicago in 1968 and very sympathetic to the Chicago 8 at the time, this is not quite the way I remember it. I went to high school (Berkeley-class of 57) with two of the defendants (Froines and Seale) and followed this trial about as closely (newspapers and TV accounts) as you could without being there in the courtroom.
Synopsis. A television movie that uses court transcripts to dramatize the controversial 1970 Chicago Conspiracy Trial in which eight men were indicted for conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The presentation includes on-camera recollections by the real defendants and their lawyers, interwoven with newsreel ...
Jeremy Kagan - Director/Writer. In 1987 I wrote and directed a cable film, "CONSPIRACY: THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 8," awarded the best cable movie ACE that year. I had initially been hired by CBS to make a TV movie based on the transcripts of this famous “circus” political trial, as earlier I had written and directed a successful ...
Trial. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Schultz, John. 2000. "'The Substance of the Crime Was a State of Mind'—How a Mainstream, Middle Class Jury Came to War with Itself (Chicago Conspiracy Trail of 1969–1970, Also Known as the Trial of the Chicago 8 or Chicago 7)." UMKC Law Review 68 (summer). cross-references
Jun 2, 1998 · "CONSPIRACY:The Trial of The Chicago 8" was an expertly made live TV drama,that told the true story of the 8 people,charged with conspiracy to cause riots during the 1968 Chicago Democratic conventions,and the violent Police brutality that followed,which
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