The Chicago conspiracy trial

Duration: 141 mi

Year Published: 1970

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Using actors and actual court testimony, dramatizes the Chicago Conspiracy Trial of 1969, in which eight defendants were indicted under the 1968 federal anti-riot act which makes it a crime to cross a state line with the intent to incite a riot. It started with thousands of dissidents converging on Chicago to express contempt for the system, the Democratic Party Convention, the Vietnam War and the quality of American life.

1 user has this film:
New York Public Library

Related films:

Original permalink · Record added: 2024-05-11 15:38:58