|
John Sinclair - 20 to Life |
|
Saturday, 28 October 2006 |
|
20 To Life - Dutch premièreThe life and times of John Sinclair USA 2007. 86 min.
John Sinclair is a real American character. Poet, performing artist and bandleader, music journalist, radio broadcaster, record producer, educator and archivist, 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 MC-5, 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 and 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 and his supporters in the courts, the legislature, the media and the streets 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. Trailer: 20 To Life: The Life And Times Of John Sinclair
CANNABIS CUP 2007 FESTIVITIESMonday November 19th
Cannabis College
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 124
John Sinclair Radio Show (12:00pm -7:00 pm)
GUITAR ARMY Book Signing
Tuesday November 20th
Cannabis College
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 124
John Sinclair Radio Show (12:00pm -6:00 pm)
GUITAR ARMY Book Signing
20 to life - Dutch Premiere
Melkweg Cinema, Lijnbaansgracht 234
7:00pm till 9:00pm
A film by Steve Gebhardt
Grass-A-Matazz Party
Sugar Factory, Lijnbaansgracht 238
Doors Open at 9:00 pm
Radio Free Amsterdam Recording (9.00pm - 05.00am)
Thursday 23 NovemberCannabis College
Oudezijds Achterburgwal 124
John Sinclair Radio Show (12:00pm -7:00 pm)
GUITAR ARMY & '20 to Life' Book/DVD Signing
|
'20 to Life' 
