The Trial of the Chicago 7 Featured on Netflix. The plot revolves around the trial of the US government – with Richard Nixon against seven young men who were arrested and accused of leading a conspiratorial movement and incitement to violence, during social rallies in the fall of 1968.

The USA was going through some of the most important events such as the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, the increase in the fight for civil rights and the general rejection of the Vietnam War which made common cause among hippies, blacks , women and students. Well, during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, protesters collide with police. Eight people were arrested: Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner and Bobby Seale.

The latter’s claim ended up being judged separately from the group, reducing the number to seven. The trial of these leaders had a great public repercussion and lasted for almost five months, from September 1969 to February 1970. The narrative is strongly attached around Abbie Hoffman, with her group of hippies, Jerry Rubin leading the tribe counterculture, and Tom Hayden, leader of the middle-class student organization. With the use of diligent lawfare, we are presented with the judicialization of ideas, political discourse, and the freedoms to protest. The raw material is vigorous for the lucid script, with a dynamic that manages to connect with the public since from the beginning the characters are shown rigorously characterized without falling into stereotypes.

The strategy to impact is strengthened by Judge Hoffman with his perverse and authoritarian way that condemns these young people with an obvious liberal liking. Of all he is the most well-placed and elaborate character. In that the director was insightful since the rest of the film is cooked somewhat implausible in its unity, and obviously in order to underline the political harassment. However, it should be noted that the best of the best, or the only salvageable in cinematic and staging terms, is the performance of the sublime actor Frank Langella as Judge Julius Hoffman, who seems to have made the whole film to be It would shine and generate as much tyranny as the one that in real history it produces even today with its twisted behavior.