Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb (2020)

Jack and I really liked this documentary about journalist Hunter Thompson's running to be elected Aspen, Colorado's sheriff in 1970. Vintage film and stills are expertly woven with voiceovers and film from the present, and it moves along beautifully.

Ajax Phillips and Daniel Joseph Watkins are the directors and screenwriters, inspired by Watkins' 2015 book "Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff."

The score by Gustavo Sanotaolalla doesn't seem to be available anywhere, other than the song Valley of Last Resort by him and Gary Clark Jr. (listen here). Because I care, I tracked down the song list from the online press kit. Scroll down on this link. The movie's trailer is right after it.

Santaolalla was last blogged for the soundtrack of Wild Tales.

Rotten Tomatoes has not rated this movie, so here's a review from Rolling Stone, one of Thompson's employers. We rented it on June 16 from Apple TV.