By Greg Burris. Whereas the previous films sought to emphasize Seale’s struggle, The Trial of the Chicago 7 diminishes it. In Sorkin’s directorial hands, Seale’s chains are turned into a plot devise, and they function primarily to bolster the film’s main concern: a war within the white left.” My initial […]
Revisiting Wiseman’s Law and Order (1969) in the Era of Black Lives Matter
By Nilita Vachani. The film’s visual evidence speaks to the systemic racism that’s at the heart of the country’s self-reckoning today. What insights does the film contain for law enforcement half a century later?” The large white cop holds the small black woman’s neck in a tight chokehold. Four men […]