The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)

Directors

David Leaf, John Scheinfeld

Cast

Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Carl Bernstein, David Peel, George McGovern, Geraldo Rivera, Gore Vidal, John Lennon, Mario Cuomo, Richard Nixon, Ron Kovic, Tariq Ali, Walter Cronkite, Yoko Ono

The story

The film explores the political activism that Lennon became strongly involved in with the Beatles, and after the band ended. John Lennon is established as being a potential political threat to the American government, and therefore much of the film covers the theme of 'silencing' him and other popular figures that became involved in anti-war activism. Throughout the film the audience can see both sides of the situation: the audience sees the protests and events Lennon and Yoko Ono organised, such as the famous "Give Peace a Chance" rally and concepts such as bagism and bed peace.

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