While L.A.’s Watts neighborhood erupts in riots, Jim Morrison fights a riot in his own mind. His internal struggle between reality and fantasy leads him to hold a friend at knifepoint, heckle his soon-to-be bandmate, and return from a trip to the desert with a mysterious tale of murder.

Sources: No One Here Gets Out Alive, by Jerry Hopkins & Danny Sugerman The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison, by Jerry Hopkins L.A. Noir, by John Buntin The Doors Interactive Chronological History Recollections of a UCLA Film Student: Working with Jim Morrison The Jim Morrison Story: Behind Closed Doors The ‘murder’ of Phil O’Leno “And This Happened in Los Angeles”: Malcom X Interview