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.
DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
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Flixster Reviews (236)
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July 14, 2008Animated trial segments with celebrity voice actors distract from more gripping news footage about those who protested a government which denied its citizens their rights.
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December 31, 2008I 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.
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November 13, 2008This 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)
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October 29, 2009CHICAGO 10 is an exciting, vibrant recreation of the anti-war protests surrounding the Democratic Convention that resulted in the arrests and subsequent trials of Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger,Lee Weiner, John Froines, and Bobby Seale, co-f...( read more)
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May 24, 2009Incredible. 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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May 22, 2009An unsettling look back at a time when people actually stood up against their government for waging wars they don't believe in. The people are inspiring; it's the government that's unsettling, that judge especially. The movie is at its best using raw archival footage, as the 3D a...( read more)
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January 24, 2009interesting documentary about the protests in chicago at the democratic national convention in 1968. the voice acted animated recreation of the trial is hit and miss but the archival footage is fascinating.
Critic Reviews
March 13, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
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
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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