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Twenty to Life : the Life & Times of John Sinclair

DVD - 2007 DVD 324.409 Tw None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.3 out of 5

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Special features: chapter index, bonus poems by John Sinclair.
Prologue -- The Delta sound -- My parents were both from rural Michigan -- I moved to Detroit in 1964 -- Trans Love Energies evolves -- I was one of 56 people arrested -- Crossroads -- So Detroit blew up -- I was attracted to a sign on the Detroit Freeway -- John Sinclair is a felony -- 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago -- Kick out the jams -- Trial in July 1969 -- John Sinclair freedom rally -- Back in Ann Arbor -- 1977 Detroit -- 1992 New Orleans -- Peavine special -- WWOZ Big Chief -- We just change the beat -- Amsterdam -- Ain't nobody's bizness.
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"Poet, performing artist and bandleader, journalist, broadcaster, record producer, educator and archivist, John Sinclair first emerged out of his small-town Michigan background to forge a legendary course through the 1960s as a cultural activist, founder of the Detroit Artists Workshop, 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 mounted an historic challenge to the constitutionality of Michigan's marijuana laws. 20 to Life is the real-life story of this legendary poet-provocateur and American cultural warrior whose exploits have reverberated throughout the international underground for 40 years. The story is told by Sinclair, his family, friends and associates through the years and highlighted by a series of electrifying poetry performances by Sinclair's contemporary blues and jazz ensembles"--Container.
DVD, region 0 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

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thorough documentary submitted by mickplu on July 2, 2016, 11:53am A detailed and thorough documentary of John Sinclair, including rare footage, photos, interviews with the White Panthers, etc.