Brett Morgen's bold, canny and sometimes thrilling documentary about the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots and the subsequent carnival-like trial of seven counterculture leaders may be history for the attention-deficit generation, but it's too good to ignore. As to the title, the remaining three are Black Panther Bobby Seale, whose case was severed during the trial from the others, and lawyers William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who were cited for contempt of court.
Morgen, whose equally innovative THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE (2002) chronicles the career of Hollywood mogul Robert Evans, favors visual impa...
Released:
2008
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins