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  1. The film tells the story of the 1969-70 trial of the Chicago Eight (later known as the Chicago Seven), and is adapted from the trial transcripts and a play The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Ron Sossi and Frank Condon.

  2. May 16, 1987 · Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8: Directed by Jeremy Kagan. With Brian Benben, Peter Boyle, Robert Carradine, David Clennon. A dramatized historical recreation of the Chicago Conspiracy trial with present testimonies by many of the participants.

  3. Sep 24, 2019 · Fifty years later, here’s why the Chicago Eight trial that opened on September 24, 1969 was such a big deal. 1. The Chicago Eight were the first people tried under the first federal anti-riot...

  4. The jury had scarcely begun its deliberations in the Chicago Conspiracy Trial when Judge Hoffman began sentencing each of the defendants and the two defense attorneys, William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass, to lengthy prison terms on 159 specifications for criminal contempt.

  5. A riot breaks out during the Democratic National Convention of 1968. A group of eight men are arrested and put on trial for conspiring to incite the riot, including Abbie Hoffman (Michael Lembeck...

  6. Nov 24, 2020 · A made-for-cable-TV docudrama about the trial of the men accused of conspiring to cause protesters to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Combines in an innovative manner dramatic recreations (largely faithful to the actual trial transcripts) with documentary footage and interviews with the actual defendants.

  7. A television movie that uses court transcripts to dramatize the controversial 1970 Chicago Conspiracy Trial in which eight men were indicted for conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.