Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb

Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb

Actors:  Hunter S. Thompson, Bob Braudis, Joe Edwards, Alex Sweetman, Ed Bastian, Travis Fulton Directors:  Ajax Phillips, Daniel Joseph Watkins

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 p...