WATCH PARTY: The Conspirator (2010) directed by Robert Redford @ Pretlow Library

The true story of the trial of the conspirators in the plot to assassinate Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Secretary of State William Seward. (NOTE: This event is in the UPSTAIRS CONFERENCE ROOM.)

RUNTIME: 122 minutes

SYNOPSIS: Following the assassination of President Lincoln, seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill Lincoln, the vice president and the secretary of state. Lawyer Frederick Aiken (James McAvoy) reluctantly agrees to defend the lone woman, Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), who owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and others met to plan their crimes. Aiken realizes that Mary may be innocent and being used as bait to capture her son, a suspect who is still at large.

BLURBS:
"Atmospheric, illuminating and affecting, The Conspirator captivates like an untold story -- one that you can't believe you've never heard until now, and won't soon forget." - Christine Champ, *Film.com*

"A bracing courtroom drama whose every scene seems wreathed in mist, dust motes and cigar smoke, the better to suggest a nation befogged by grief." - John Anderson, Newsday