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John Sinclair "Twenty
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John Sinclair is an American poet/performer, music journalist, marijuana activist, broadcaster and record producer born 1941 in Flint, Michigan. TWENTY TO LIFE investigates Sinclair’s life and times using archival footage; interviews with family members, friends and fellow activists; segments on the Detroit Artists Workshop and MC5 band, the Detroit Riots of 1967, the Democratic National Convention of 1968, the John Sinclair Freedom Rally of December 1971 with John Lennon, Allen Ginsberg & others; and performance footage featuring Sinclair with his Blues Scholars, the Ed Moss orchestra, and other ensembles from 1994-2002. A cutting-edge cultural activist with a pronounced sense of humor and recent history, Sinclair emerges as a compelling force against the cultural landscape of his time. Soundtrack utilizes music by Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, John Lennon. Sly & the Family Stone and others, with selections by the MC5, Up, Sun Ra Arkestra and others produced by Sinclair himself" |
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