DreamWorks project recalls tumult of ’68

While liberals of a certain age continue to bemoan the lack of protests and demonstrations against the Iraq war, in swoop Steven Spielberg and Aaron Sorkin to remind the nation about the politically tumultuous summer of 1968.

Sorkin, the writer behind “The West Wing” and “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” has been hired by Spielberg’s DreamWorks to draft three screenplays. The first will be “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” which focuses on the protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in the Windy City.

Spielberg has been developing the project with Sorkin as a potential directing vehicle for himself, with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald producing.

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Sheigh Crabtree