Shalini Dore Features News EditorThough it’s set 50 years ago, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” is contemporary and important. Writer-director Aaron Sorkin tells Variety, “Even from the beginning, I didn’t want the film to be about 1968, I wanted it to be about today.
None of us realized how much about today it would end up being.”Sorkin spoke about the parallels to our times in the film, which earned six Oscar nominations, including best picture.
While “Chicago 7” addresses heavy-duty topics, Sorkin says if someone hasn’t seen it, “I want them to know they will leave it feeling good.
This is a valentine to patriotism and to protest.”On January 20, some problems did go away. The biggest problem is that tens of millions of Americans firmly.
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