Poet and marijuana activist John Sinclair in Ann Arbor in 1968.Photo provided by Leni Sinclair

ANN ARBOR, MI — “They gave him 10 for 2, he gave them a revolution,” reads the tagline for a new documentary project about the late poet and activist John Sinclair.

Ann Arbor Hash Bash organizers announced the John Sinclair Foundation is joining forces with Coin Theaters Inc. to create a documentary about the former Ann Arborite, whose 10-year prison sentence for two joints inspired the marijuana legalization movement and helped give birth to Hash Bash in the 1970s.

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 “In many ways, John was kind of like a Forrest Gump character, except for the fact he was brilliant and he smoked a lot of pot,” said Pete Boehm of Coin Theaters.  Read More  

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