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Chicago 10

A highly-stylized and wildly original documentary film chronicling the anti-war protest of the 1968 Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, and the charismatic protest organizers brought to trial by the city. At the conclusion of the trial, the jury found Rennie David, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, William Kunstler, Jerry Rubin, Lee Weiner, and Leonard Weinglass, guilty of violating the Anti-Riot Act of 1968. Judge Julius Hoffman sentenced the convicted defendants to 5 years in prison. In addition, the Judge sentenced each of the defendants and their lawyers to jail time for various contempt charges. In 1972, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the Anti-Riot Act convictions and all of the contempt charges. After Bobby Seale was chained and gagged, Judge Hoffman had Seale severed from the case and sentenced him to over four years of imprisonment for contempt of court. Two years later his sentence was overturned and all charges against him were dropped.

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