supports HTML5 videoFans have been given a first look at Sacha Baron Cohen in action as Abbie Hoffman in new Netflix movie The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Set for release next month, the film follows the famously notorious trial of seven defendants, following protests in Chicago in 1968 at the Democratic National Convention.
The demonstrations were intended to be peaceful, but turned violent and saw protestors clash with police officials and the National Guard.Five of the seven organisers of the protest, including Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale – were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot by the federal government, but all charges were later overturned.
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