In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the Bed-In would help change the world.It was good that we filmed it, though.
The film is powerful now.
What we said then could have been said now.
In fact, there are things that we said then in the film, which may give some encouragement and inspiration to the activists of today. Good luck to us all.
Let’s remember WAR IS OVER if we want it.
It’s up to us, and nobody else.
John would have wanted to say that.
Love, yoko
Yoko Ono Lennon
London, UK
August 2011
Yoko Ono is giving peace another chance.
The widow of Beatle John Lennon has extended for a week her free posting of a 70-minute documentary about the “bed-in” peace demonstration she and Lennon staged in Montreal 42 years ago.
Bed Peace follows the couple, clad in white, through Canadian immigration and into the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal where for seven days they sat in bed and held court before an enthralled media.