Vladimir and Rosa

In this scathing critique of capitalist excess, the Dziga Vertov Group distills the chaos of the 1968 Democratic National Convention protest into a searing drama that tackles the trial of the Chicago Eight with unflinching fervor. Playing Lenin and Karl Rosa, Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin respectively weave a narrative that finds surreal beauty in the farce of a trial, drawing parallels between revolutionary fervor and the struggles of those protesting against war.