http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/LeslieWilber/8828 I finally got to watch"Chicago 10" last night. The movie follows the MOBE and Yippie protests at the 1968 DNC, and the trial of eight men accused of organizing the demonstrations. Actors actually read portions of the court transcripts providing the voices for animated Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and the rest. Although I didn't love the animation (it reminded me of an in-flight safety video) this was a great way to bring to life recent history using public records. At 27, my grip on events from the 50s through the 70s has always felt tenuous. The history text books seemed to do a good job right up to the end of WWII, but then there was a big blank. In college, I learned more specific stuff -- like how the media covered Vietnam, or how U.S. - Russian relations affected underground publishing in the Soviet Union.  But never the general U.S. history. "Chicago 10"  has (whatever yummy sauce you like) on the healthy vegetable that is a bite-size history lesson. But there wasn't much context or ballance. So, yes, if you feel absolutely no empathy toward the protesters, you will HATE this flick. I finally got to watch"Chicago 10" last night. The movie follows the MOBE and Yippie protests at the 1968 DNC, and the trial of eight men accused of organizing the demonstrations. Actors actually read portions of the court transcripts providing the voices for animated Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and the rest. Although I didn't love the animation (it reminded me of an in-flight safety video) this was a great way to bring to life recent history using public records. At 27, my grip on events from the 50s through the 70s has always felt tenuous. The history text books seemed to do a good job right up to the end of WWII, but then there was a big blank. In college, I learned more specific stuff -- like how the media covered Vietnam, or how U.S. - Russian relations affected underground publishing in the Soviet Union.  But never the general U.S. history. "Chicago 10"  has (whatever yummy sauce you like) on the healthy vegetable that is a bite-size history lesson. But there wasn't much context or ballance. So, yes, if you feel absolutely no empathy toward the protesters, you will HATE this flick. en-us Those of us of a certain age can remember reading The Tales of Hoffman: From the Trial of the Chicago 8/7  which was paperback book format of excerpts of the court transcripts. Definitely altered my world view. http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000AQIJCK/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/LeslieWilber/8828/#c_68045 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/LeslieWilber/8828/#c_68045 Those of us of a certain age can remember reading The Tales of Hoffman: From the Trial of the Chicago 8/7  which was paperback book format of excerpts of the court transcripts. Definitely altered my world view. http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000AQIJCK/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_all I'll have to check it out. I figured the actor playing Judge Hoffman was exaggerating the curmudgeonly old man voice when I first heard about this movie on the radio. Then, they played a clip of Judge Hoffman talking and it was spot on. http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/LeslieWilber/8828/#c_68046 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/LeslieWilber/8828/#c_68046 I'll have to check it out. I figured the actor playing Judge Hoffman was exaggerating the curmudgeonly old man voice when I first heard about this movie on the radio. Then, they played a clip of Judge Hoffman talking and it was spot on. I enjoyed the movie very much. But I "got it". http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/LeslieWilber/8828/#c_68198 http://community.victoriaadvocate.com/home/Blog/LeslieWilber/8828/#c_68198 I enjoyed the movie very much. But I "got it".