A compelling documentary with appearances by John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Allen Ginsberg, MC-5 and many more.
John Sinclair first emerged out of his small-town Michigan background to forge a legendary course through the 1960s as a cultural activist, manager of the MC5, and Chairman of the White Panther Party. An early victim of the War on Drugs who faced 20 years to life in prison for giving two joints to an undercover policewoman, Sinclair served 29 months of a 9-1/2-to-10-year sentence before his legal victory on appeal changed the law for good. The long campaign waged by Sinclair culminated in a massive John Sinclair Freedom Rally headlined by John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Phil Ochs, Allen Ginsberg and Bobby Seale that resulted in Sinclair's release from prison on December 13, 1971-just three days after the event (Clint Weiler)
Steve Gebhardt
Director
Frank Bach
Self
George Frayne
Self (archive footage)
Allen Ginsberg
Self (archive footage)
Sherry Higgins
Self
Rosalind Kass
Self
Ken Kelley
Self
Wayne Kramer
Self
John Lennon
Self (archive footage)
Bill Lynn
Self
White Boy70%
Thought Crimes62%
Time67%
The U.S. vs. John Lennon67%
Night Will Fall76%
Brother's Keeper70%
Deliver Us from Evil71%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Finders Keepers65%
David Bowie: Five Years75%
Lake of Fire70%
Sidney70%
13th78%
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes59%
This Place Rules69%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Hated: GG Allin and The Murder Junkies65%
Tabloid64%
The Crash Reel73%
Joy Division76%
