John Sinclair
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Biography: As an emerging young poet in the mid-1960s, Sinclair took on the role of manager for the Detroit rock band MC5. The band's politically charged music and its Yippie core audience dovetailed with Sinclair's own radical development. In 1968, while still working with the band, he conspicuously served as a founding member of the White Panther Party, a militantly anti-racist socialist group and counterpart of the Black Panther Party. Arrested for distribution of marijuana in 1969, Sinclair was given ten years in prison. The sentence was criticized by many as unduly harsh, and it galvanized a noisy protest movement led by prominent figures of the 1960s counterculture. He was freed on March 9, 1972, by the Michigan Supreme Court when the possession of marijuana law was declared unconstitutional.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Flint, Michigan, USA
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Birthday: October 02, 1941
Age: 83 years old
Gender: Male
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MC5: A True Testimonial
Overview: This documentary, made over a period of eight years, tells the remarkable story of an extremely influential rock'n'roll band. Starting from their mid-60's garage band roots (sounding amazingly like the Sonics), the Motor City 5 deveoped into an icon for a brand of loud, crushing music reflecting their industrial roots. Even if you don't care for their music (and you're bound to like even a few of their songs), their story is fascinating. It combines 60's protest, youthful braggadocio, and a style of music that would help carry one to the likes of Iggy and the Stooges (not to mention certain aspects of punk rock). This film is clearly a labor of love, combining extraordinarily rare live shows, still shots, a nearly-continuous backdrop of MC5 tunes, penetrating interviews with the remaining members and their spouses, and even FBI surveillance shots. It's the ultimate testimonial to a band that only gains in stature as time goes on.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-02
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Off the Road
Overview: Off The Road (directed by Laurence Petit-Jouvet): Peter Kowald on the road in the US, a road movie.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-07
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Motor City's Burning: Detroit from Motown to the Stooges
Overview: Documentary looking at how Detroit became home to a musical revolution that captured the sound of a nation in upheaval. In the early 60s, Motown transcended Detroit's inner city to take black music to a white audience, whilst in the late 60s suburban kids like the MC5 and the Stooges descended into the black inner city to create revolutionary rock expressing the rage of young white America.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-07
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Requiem for Detroit?
Overview: A look at post-industrial Detroit and its burgeoning urban agricultural movement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-13
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MC5: Kick Out the Jams
Overview: Kick Out the Jams features many never before seen films of the MC5 as created by Leni Sinclair & conceptual artist Cary Loren during the peak of their career. Featuring: Looking At You, Ramblin' Rose, Kick Out The Jams, Black To Comm, I Want You Right Now, Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa), The Pledge Song, Come Together, Starship, Motor City Is Burning, Shakin' Street, John Sinclair Interview 2003
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-07
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Growing Up in America
Overview: Filmmaker Morley Markson shows Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, and other '60s rebels, then and now in a follow up to his 1971 film "Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-16
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Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally
Overview: Concert film documentary. The John Sinclair Freedom Rally was a protest and concert in response to the imprisonment of John Sinclair for possession of marijuana held on December 10, 1971. Features performances from John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Stevie Wonder and Bob Seger
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-10
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