'Chicago 10' demonstrates now's not too far from then

February 29, 2008 Brett Morgen's new documentary "Chicago 10," which Roadside Attractions is opening today in limited release, brings that moment to vivid life. The movie offers up a wealth of documentary footage; editing it, the director says, was like editing an action flick. Since the film's debut at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, some boomers have complained that Morgen (who previously experimented with docu conventions in 2002's Robert Evans profile "The Kid Stays in the Picture") doesn't provide a full accounting of the historical setting that saw the political demise of President Johnson, the rise of political challenger Eugene McCarthy and then Robert Kennedy, followed by Kennedy's assassination, all leading to the nomination of Vice President Hubert Humphrey at the embattled convention.

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