Dynamite Chicken
An American colour film directed by Ernest Pintoff which would not see release until 1971. John and Yoko were filmed discussing bed-ins for peace in December 1969. Described as a "multi-media mosaic" this 76 minute movie contained glimpses of scores of personalities ranging from the famous (Jimi Hendrix, Malcom X, Ninan Simone, Richard Pryor etc.) to the less well known such as Sister Feonna the stripping nun! Richard Pryors was at his very best, for some reason doing stand up comedy to the camera on a basketball court. It's arranged into topics which were important in America at the time of it's release, such as war, drugs, national pride (or lack thereof), police brutality, feminism and others. Some more narrow minded individuals may find this film to be intensely irritating nonsense, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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