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The US vs. John Lennon
Sometimes protests take unusual forms, and for John Lennon’s, his opposition to the Vietnam War took the form of music. The US vs. John Lennon features extensive interviews from Lennon’s friends, family, and various other political figures of the time, including wife Yoko Ono, queer author Gore Vidal and civil rights leader Angela Davis. The film ties Lennon’s anti-war stance to his latter day career woes, as well as attempts by the CIA and Nixon White House to publicly embarrass the singer, and have him deported. While the movie probably overstates Lennon’s involvement in turning public sentiment against the war and indeed, his political involvement in general, it does paint a fascinating portrait of a man who protested through unconventional means. John Lennon, if nothing else, proved that men and women could find peaceful and clever means to fight oppression, including humor, art and some simply great music.
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