With the start of the Democratic National Convention today, it seems a great time revisit a story NPR did back in February about Brett Morgan’s Chicago 10 - a film that uses a archival footage, animation and music to tell the story of the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the protesters who were arrested and tried during it.

Up on NPR is an interview where, “Morgen plays court audio recordings from the 1968 trial, rarely heard since the trial. And he explains his film’s title, which echoes an observation from lawyer Jerry Rubin, who recalls that attorneys William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass received contempt sentences in connection with the case.”

Also up is a piece from Fresh Air where they recollect the 1968 convention and play some old awesome audio from the time. Listening to the beginning of the piece, it’s hard to imagine something like this being able to happen today - even with the similarities between the times.
takepart to get involved with the Chicago 10 social action campaign and also takepart to buy your own copy of Chicago 10 - it comes out on DVD tomorrow - a trailer is below:

Read on:

• Critical Video Documents of Police Behaving Badly
• Brett Morgen and Audio Court Recordings for Chicago 10
• Brett Morgen Talks About Making Chicago 10″