Watch the trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (L to R) KELVIN HARRISON JR. as Fred Hampton, YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II as Bobby Seale, MARK RYLANCE as William Kuntsler in THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7. Cr. NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX © 2020

What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest – including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale – were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.

Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, the film stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Frank Langella, William Hurt, Michael Keaton, Alex Sharp, Noah Robbins, Daniel Flaherty, John Carroll Lynch, Rory Cochrane, J. C. MacKenzie, Thomas Middleditch, Ben Shenkman, Max Adler, Wayne Duvall, Caitlin FitzGerald, Jeremy Sumpter, C. J. Wilson, Damian Young, and John Doman.

The film hits Netflix on 16th October 2020.