My 1970 book is re-released as Aaron Sorkin movie premieres
Today, Friday, October 16th, The Trial of the Chicago 7 premieres on Netflix. Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, it is a powerful movie that captures the emotion and excitement of being alive in 1969. That was our time.
Fifty years ago, two of my movement friends and I produced the Tales of Hoffman which became the definitive edition of the transcript of the trial. […] This year, Simon and Schuster re-released it, renaming it The Trial of the Chicago 7. Aaron Sorkin has written an introduction to the new edition.
Sorkin also created a screenplay from the book; Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks and Netflix developed it into a film; and it was released today, quickly appearing on Netflix’ “trending …