Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb

Overview

Hunter S. Thompson went to the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago as a journalist and returned home disgusted, yet motivated by what he’d just seen: violently suppressed protests, riots, corrupt politicians, and abusive cops. Back in Aspen, he finds more of the same. The local police and sheriff’s departments are targeting young people, harassing and charging them with absurd crimes and trying to push them out of town. Hunter decides he has to do something to change the police brutality that has become the norm.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 23, 2020

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Cast

Joe Edwards,Ed Bastian,Bob Braudis,Hunter S. Thompson,Alex Sweetman,Travis Fulton

Director

Ajax Phillips,Daniel Joseph Watkins

Producer

Mimi Polk Gitlin,Angus Wall

Cinematography

Lucian Reed,Karl Wolfgang

Music

Gustavo Santaolalla

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt12786756