Yoko says John Lennon was the only Beatle concerned with Vietnam

Yoko Ono says that John Lennon was the only member of the Beatles willing to stick out his neck in protest of the Vietnam war. Ono, who married Lennon in 1969, is currently promoting the upcoming documentary, The US vs. John Lenon, which chronicles Lennon's four year battle against deportation, which was due in part to his outspokenness against the Vietnam war. Ono explained to Britain's The Independent that, "He is the only one who really wanted to do something about (the Vietnam War) when he was a Beatle. One thing that brought us together was the fact that both of us were rebels in so many ways."

Yoko added that by the end of the '60s, public reaction to the band seemed to shift after Lennon's 1969 campaign for peace: "I think the world really loved the Beatles for being charming and sweet. But some people did resent the fact that they were no more the sweet, nice, charming boys."

David Leaf, the co-director of The US vs. John Lenon, told us that Yoko's involvement was key to the film: "To make this movie properly, we needed Yoko Ono's participation. We needed her to sit for an extensive interview, and in fact she sat for three interviews. So we needed her because ultimately at the end of the day, during the campaign for peace, she and John were the only people who knew what was going on behind closed doors."

The documentary opens in New York and Los Angeles on September 15th, followed by a wider release at the end of September.
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