Freedom (1970)

Directed by

Yoko Ono

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

In a one-minute film, Yoko Ono tries to take off a purple bra. John Lennon provides the music. The act of trying to free herself shows how being free is difficult.

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What happens

Freedom is a 1970 film by Yoko Ono. The film is a minute long and depicts Ono attempting to remove a purple brassiere that she is wearing. The soundtrack to the film was composed and performed by John Lennon. Ono described it as a "great little film" in an interviewer with critic Scott MacDonald for the book A Critical Cinema 2: Interviews with Independent Filmmakers. MacDonald remarked that the film was "so paradoxical. You [Ono] show freedom as the ability to try and break free, which shows that you're never really free". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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