Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

Overview

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)

Directed by Steve Gebhardt

Top cast

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Frank Bach

Self

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George Frayne

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

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Sherry Higgins

Self

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Rosalind Kass

Self

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Ken Kelley

Self

Wayne Kramer

Self

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

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Bill Lynn

Self

Cyril Neville

Self

Yoko Ono

Self (archive footage)

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Genie Parker

Self

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Pun Plamondon

Self

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Audrey Simon

Self

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Celia Sinclair

Self

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Elsie Sinclair

Self

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Leni Sinclair

Self

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Penny Sinclair

Self

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The Up

Self (archive footage)

Andre Williams

Self

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