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English. Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Ajax Phillips and Daniel Joseph Watkins, based on the book Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff written by Watkins. [1] The film follows journalist Hunter S. Thompson and his 1970 campaign for sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado ...
Oct 23, 2020 · Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb: Directed by Ajax Phillips, Daniel Joseph Watkins. With Hunter S. Thompson, Ed Bastian, Bob Braudis, Joe DiSalvo. Inspired by Daniel J. Watkin's book "Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff" - Aspen 1970.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Ajax Phillips, Daniel Joseph Watkins
- 2020-10-23
Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb. In 1970, disgusted by the way police are abusing their power, outlaw journalist Hunter S. Thompson starts his own political movement, Freak Power, to fight against corruption and cronyism in his town and across America. 202 IMDb 8.4 1 h 34 min 2020. R. Documentary.
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FREAK POWER: The Ballot or the Bomb takes us into the turbulent political world of America in 1970 as Hunter S. Thompson mounts his campaign for sheriff of P...
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Nov 2, 2020 · 2nd November 2020. 'Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb' tells the story of Hunter S. Thompson's political campaigns in Aspen, Colorado during the 1970s. Credit: Press. It was a billy...
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Oct 23, 2020 · In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. 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...
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Freak Power is a book and a documentary film about Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff of Aspen in 1970.