About Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
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)
Full Cast of Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
George Frayne
plays Himself (archive footage) (as Commander Cody)
Allen Ginsberg
plays Himself (archive footage)
Sherry Higgins
plays Herself
Rosalind Kass
plays Herself
Wayne Kramer
plays Himself
John Lennon
plays Himself (archive footage)
Cyril Neville
plays Himself
Yōko Ono
plays Herself (archive footage)
Genie Parker
plays Herself
Pun Plamondon
plays Himself
Audrey Simon
plays Herself
Celia Sinclair
plays Herself
Elsie Sinclair
plays Herself
Leni Sinclair
plays Herself
Penny Sinclair
plays Herself
The Up
plays Themselves (archive footage)
Andre Williams
plays Himself
Mike Douglas
plays Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew of Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair
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