Trial Of The Chicago 7, The

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Synopsis

Drama/History. Following the riots at the Democratic Convention in 1968, eight of the organizers (Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Jeremy Strong, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Alex Sharp, John Carroll Lynch, Noah Robbins, Danny Flaherty) face charges for conspiracy and inciting a riot.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of profanity, cursing, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence in the context of assassinations and skirmishes between protesters and police - some blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking, cannabis use, and alcohol use in a recreational context - little detail

Thematic elements

• Protests and civil disobedience
• Opposition to the Vietnam War
• Law and justice

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and violence

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