Overview
- The full 11-minute film is now streaming on John Lennon’s YouTube channel with a donate button benefiting War Child throughout the holiday season.
- War Child UK chief executive Helen Pattinson urged support for children in conflict zones as winter bites in places like Gaza, Afghanistan and Ukraine.
- Sean Ono Lennon co-wrote the short with Dave Mullins, with Yoko Ono credited as executive producer.
- The story follows two opposing soldiers in an alternate World War I who sustain a correspondence chess game through a carrier pigeon.
- Promotion includes a trailer projected on Liverpool’s Maritime Museum facade on Monday evening and limited vinyl releases tied to Happy Xmas (War Is Over).