Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb

A great documentary about Hunter S. Thompson's 1970 campaign to become Sheriff of Pitkin County. The issues that the country faced during the Nixon era are eerily similar to today's contentious partisan environment. I thoroughly enjoyed watching these larger national themes get seamlessly woven into Hunter's local campaign. I highly recommend this documentary, as the directors do a great job showing that local elections are just as important as national elections and that collectively getting out to vote really does matter.

I thought the footage they used was very cool and you get to know hunter more. The entire documentary was very intriguing and I never lost interested.

So much interesting history packed into this film. Hunter's political work was truly amazing and is an inspiration for many. He really changed my outlook on politics...

Oi mates... This film marks a time in my life where things changed. And to have an idol be Hunter S Thompson, well goddamn. The film was amusing and also marked seriousness when thinking struck. I'm not going to involve spoilers because if you're reading this and considering watching. Well hell spend your hard earned dollar on this film. You wont regret it, especially if you love the man himself. This film gets a hell yeah for me and the boys. True grit while watching this film. Cheers.

Great documentary!!!!! Grabbed my attention throughout the whole doc which is very rare for me. The footage they had of hunter played a huge part of relaying the overall message of the documentary.