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

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2006
	Director: David Leaf, John Scheinfeld
	Actors: -
	Country: USA
	Genre: Documentary, Music
	Conditions of visioning: 14.06.2015, SD VOD, 11" computer screen.
Synopsis: How the member of the Beatles got more and more implicated into political debates using his popularity, making him a target of the American authorities.
Review: Watching this documentary was the opportunity for me to learn more about the story of the Beatles in general and of John Lennon and Yoko Ono in particular. It starts around the period when Lennon stated that "The Beatles are more popular than Jesus" (which apparently is the main reason for his murder by Mark David Chapman) and continues on to his relationship with artist Yoko Ono and their growing involvement in protests against the war in Vietnam. Thanks to mostly archive images and a few recent interviews, we learn how Lennon met with activists of the period and was consequently listed and followed by the FBI, as he was criticising the established order by Nixon. In the end he was even about to be deported from the USA but his trial reached a stalemate in which he was continuously noticed for deportation (to please his enemies) but also continuously granted extensions (to please his supporters that the government could not afford to alienate). In the end, contrarily to what some conspiracy theories say, he was not silenced by the American government but by an angry fan. An informative documentary.
Rating: 5 /10