Summaries

Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Details

Keywords
  • 1960s
  • summer
  • united states of america
  • convention
  • august
Genres
  • Animation
  • History
  • War
  • Documentary
Release date Jan 17, 2007
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Official sites PBS
Language English
Filming locations Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Participant Consolidated Documentaries Public Road Productions

Box office

Gross US & Canada $177490
Opening weekend US & Canada $42724
Gross worldwide $177490

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 50m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

In 1968, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was beset by protests in the streets. The Vietnam War had the nation divided, and several youth leaders -- including Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and other activists/dirty goddamn hippies (depending on which side of the argument you were on) -- organized public protests against the war, against capitalism, against what they saw as America's failings. 8 of the leaders -- some of whom, like Hoffman and Rubin, were central organizers, and some of whom, like Black Panther Bobby Seale, were not -- were charged with inciting to riot and brought to trial in Chicago. The film incorporates you-are-there newsreel and found footage; more strikingly -- and, bluntly, less successfully -- it also uses motion-capture based computer generated animation to recreate scenes from the trial, with various name actors recreating court testimony.

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