The US vs. John Lennon

This is a documentary that follows John Lennon's life from the period of 1966 to 1976 where Lennon transforms into an antiwar activist and is in constant constraint with the United States government and its' views. Lennon's documentary takes place during a time when politics are the main focus in American Society and when most of America is at its antiwar stage. I think that a docementary is a great tool for personalization with a character and it allows us as viewers to take on that perspective or particular emotion through the character's point of view. By isolating Lennon's political life and eventually his role as a doting father, the directors of this film, make it appear a singular focus for the man in his post-Beatles years.
Lennon was an idealist calling for world peace, but realizing that flower power was a failure in this time in American political struggle. Viewers really get the opportunity to see Lennon speak his mind and playing some of his more edgy, politically-motivated work. Other interviews are with Mario Cuomo, Gore Vidal, Walter Cronkite, Angela Davis, and even G. Gordon Liddy.