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The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

★ 7.7 · 3,336 ratings on TMDB

In 1968, democracy refused to back down.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 poster★ 7.7

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

DirectorAaron Sorkin
CastAlex Sharp, Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella, Jeremy Strong, John Carroll Lynch, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
GenresDrama, History
The emergence reading

The Trial of the Chicago 7 keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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