Sacha Baron Cohen is Abbie Hoffman in the Trial Of The Chicago 7 trailer - The A.V. Club

The world is watching in the trailer for Aaron Sorkin’s dramatic rendering of the Chicago Seven, the anti-war protestors whose sensational trial in the late ‘60s stirred up a frenzy both in and out of the courtroom.

Sacha Baron Cohen stars as countercultural icon Abbie Hoffman, who helped organize a peaceful protest that turned violent when local police and the National Guard arrived onto the scene.

Aaron Sorkin’s legal drama follows Hoffman, Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong), Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), David Dellinger (John Carroll Lynch) and others as they face charges of conspiracy and inciting to riot.