Presenting 'Fresh Air': Aaron Sorkin on 'The Trial of the Chicago 7'

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Sam sits in the Fresh Air host chair to talk with writer and director Aaron Sorkin. His latest film The Trial of the Chicago 7 covers the events at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago when several prominent anti-war activists were accused of conspiring to start a riot.

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