Chicago 10

Abbie Hoffman, Bobby Seale, David Boateng

"Chicago 10" is about the 1968 anti-war protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the ensuing Chicago Conspiracy Trial in 1969.

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Brett Morgen

Released: February 27, 2008

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DVD Released: August 26, 2008

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  • October 23, 2008
    Entertaining and informative, but lacking depth
  • July 14, 2008
    Animated trial segments with celebrity voice actors distract from more gripping news footage about those who protested a government which denied its citizens their rights.
  • December 31, 2008
    I turned this documentary off. How could you fuck this up? Seriously. I tell you how. You mix terrible animation with Rage Against the Machine playing the first five minutes during the set-up of this damned thing.

    Yeah, the film's about something from the '60s and RATM is playi... ...( read more )
  • November 13, 2008
    This is a documentary about the protest at the 1968 Democratic convention and the trial that followed. This is an important story worth telling, and the actual documentary footage works pretty well, but the film shoots itself in the foot with its animated recreations. The first... ...( read more )
  • May 24, 2009
    Incredible. Essential viewing for anyone interested in free speech, politics and big hair. Great story told in a really interesting way. Great music. If you think Democrats are good and Republicans are bad, get your head out of your arse and see this film. Maybe then you'll reali... ...( read more )

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March 13, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

If you accept the premise that it's a multimedia happening rather than a history lesson, the half-documentary, half-cartoon Chicago 10 is a smash of a mash-up. Call it 1968, the Remix. full review

February 29, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

A cacophony of sights and sounds and a disjointed narrative dilute the message. full review

February 29, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

In the end, the truest thing that can be said for Chicago 10 is that, though Morgen did just about everything he could to make his movie unwatchable, the story was interesting enough to fight him to a... full review

February 29, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

The movie dazzles us into self-examination. full review

February 29, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Chicago 10, Brett Morgen's semi-animated, semi-documentary attempt to make the '60s cool for a new generation of kids, does the opposite.

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