Gonzo Journalism

This video offers a small introduction, to the documentary "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson." that was recently released about the iconic writer, reporter, artist, and thinker. Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide in 2005..talk about a loss. Possibly the single most influential pioneer of free form journalism, Thompson married fact and fiction in his work, and injected himself into the situations he was writing about, creating a controversial approach to reporting which came to be referred to as "Gonzo Journalism." It's involvement of journalist participation turned traditional reporting on its head. In the sixties, Thompson depicted the severe police brutality that occurred at the Democratic National Convention, as a totalitarian state crashing down upon the shoulders of the American people. This was only one of many critiques Thompson performed throughout the course of his life and works that lead people to question the legitimacy and source of his creative process, and which challenged the system through his way of relaying information and presenting truth.