Watch and Discuss!

Are you interested in seeing movies and having the chance to discuss the storyline, the actors, the directors, the emotion it evoked? Join us monthly to discuss the selected movie. Watch at your convenience, then join the discuss.

MHSAA Film Club will meet monthly on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The meetings will be virtual to allow you to attend, regardless of your zip code.

Movies will be selected on a rotating basis. The member who selects the movie will lead that meeting’s discussion.

The 1st Film Club:

Film: The Trial of The Chicago 7

Streaming on Netflix

Date: Wednesday, January 29 at 7pm CDT

Zoom Link: Click below

To register, click here.

The Trial of The Chicago 7

In Chicago 1968, the Democratic Party Convention was met with protests from activists like the moderate Students for a Democratic Society led by Tom Hayden and the militant Yippies led by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, which led to violent confrontations with the local authorities. As a result, seven of the accused ringleaders are arraigned on charges like Conspiracy by the hostile Nixon administration, including Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers who was not involved in the incident. 

What follows is an unfair trial presided by the belligerent Judge Hoffman (No relation) and prosecuted by a reluctant but duty-bound Richard Schultz. As their pro bono lawyers face such odds, Hayden and his fellows are frustrated by the Yippies’ outrageous antics undermining their defense in defiance of the system even while Seale is denied a chance to defend himself his way. Along the way, the Chicago 7 clash in their political philosophies even as they learn they need each other in this fight.