Joshua Safran is an attorney, writer, speaker, and occasional rabbi, and was featured in the award-winning documentary Crime After Crime, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and had its television debut as part of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)'s Documentary Film Club. He is a nationally recognized champion for women's rights and a zealous advocate for survivors of domestic violence and the wrongfully imprisoned. For his work he has received national media coverage and numerous awards. He lives in Oakland, California.

When Joshua Safran was four years old, his mother took to the open road with her young son, leaving behind the San Francisco countercultural scene where he was born. Together they embarked on a journey to find a utopia they could call home. Encountering a cast of strange and humorous characters along the way, Joshua spends his early years living in a series of makeshift homes, from a shack to a lean-to on a stump. His colorful youth darkens, however, when his mother marries an abusive guerrilla/poet.

Eventually, Joshua finds the strength to fight back and help his mother find peace. But Free Spirit is more than just a coming-of age story. It is also a journey of the spirit.