Film Director: John Lennon Was A Peacemaker
Film Director: John Lennon Was A Peacemaker
TORONTO (Wireless Flash) John Lennon wasnt just a music maker, he was also a peace maker and the director of an upcoming Lennon documentary says its time the Beatle got some credit. Paul McGrath, whose documentary John & Yokos Year of Peace will be released on DVD September 17, says Lennon is responsible for ending the riots at Peoples Park in Berkeley in 1969, but he never got credit for it. While doing research for the film, he and producer Alan Lysaght, came across rarely seen footage of hippies listening to a radio broadcast where Lennon was asking the rioters to stop. At the time, the ex-Beatle and his wife Yoko Ono were holding their love-in at Montreals Queen Elizabeth Hotel. McGrath says few people realize Lennon calmed down the crowds because theyve never seen the footage. But dont expect to see it in the documentary either. McGrath says ABC owns the rights to the footage, and he didnt have enough of a budget to put it into the documentary.
Fri 05-17-02