Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair

Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair (2004)

Documentary

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)

Director: Steve Gebhardt

Casts

	Frank Bach as Self
	George Frayne as Self (archive footage)
	Allen Ginsberg as Self (archive footage)
	Sherry Higgins as Self
	Rosalind Kass as Self
	Ken Kelley as Self
	Wayne Kramer as Self
	John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
	Bill Lynn as Self
	Cyril Neville as Self
	Yoko Ono as Self (archive footage)
	Genie Parker as Self
	Pun Plamondon as Self
	Audrey Simon as Self
	Celia Sinclair as Self
	Elsie Sinclair as Self
	Leni Sinclair as Self
	Penny Sinclair as Self
	The Up as Self (archive footage)
	Andre Williams as Self
	Mike Douglas as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew