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G&R Episode 49: The Lessons of Aaron Sorkin's "Trial of the Chicago 7"
Happy Election Day! Worried about the election? We are too. Hopefully, this episode will serve as a good distraction while we await the results from today's vote.
In this episode, we give a film review of Aaron Sorkin's "The Trial of the Chicago 7." Loosely based on the trial of the Chicago 7 and chairman of the Black Panther Party Bobby Seale, the film is a lightly fictionalized courtroom drama based on the six-month trial of eight men accused of conspiring to cross state lines and incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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