In March 1969, a grand jury indicts eight activists on charges related to the violence in Chicago. One of the cases is dropped, and the defendants become known as the Chicago Seven. The defendants ...

Six of the Chicago 7 defendants, including Lee Weiner, in 1970. (William Yates/Chicago Tribune/Zuma Press) Lee Weiner, the last surviving member of the Chicago 7, has some advice for anyone ...

Along the way, the Chicago 7 clash in their political philosophies even as they learn they need each other in this fight.

For a film about one of the most infamous trials in American history, centered around one of the most notorious police riots in American history, Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7 goes down easy.