The convention was drama. The trial was comedy.
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Brett Morgen
Writer, Director
Dylan Baker
David Dellinger / David Stahl (voice)
Hank Azaria
Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)
Nick Nolte
Thomas Foran (voice)
Mark Ruffalo
Jerry Rubin (voice)
Roy Scheider
Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Liev Schreiber
William Kunstler (voice)
Jeffrey Wright
Bobby Seale (voice)
Debra Eisenstadt
Mary Ellen Dahl / Waitress (voice)
Lloyd Floyd
Robert Pierson / Arthur Aznavoorian / Police Officer (voice)
The Age of Stupid65%
For Sama82%
Nail Bomber: Manhunt65%
Korengal66%
They Shall Not Grow Old77%
Virunga79%
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass69%
The Unknown Known68%
Restrepo72%
Beyond Utopia77%
Hearts and Minds76%
Woodstock75%
City of Ghosts72%
One Day in September72%
Los Angeles Plays Itself76%
The Celluloid Closet72%
We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company73%
Why We Fight75%
The War on Democracy75%
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)76%
