Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed and increasingly relevant political drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, which revolves around the raucous trial of a group of protesters accused of disrupting the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, took a leading four awards including Best Picture at the just concluded 25th annual Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival.
If past winners at this Italian fest are any indication, the victories should give the Netflix film a boost stateside during Oscar season.The DreamWorks production, originally put in motion 14 years ago by Steven Spielberg and written and directed by Sorkin, was originally set to be released by Paramount before the coronavirus pandemic turned the exhibition business on its heels and shut
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