Following The Beatles’ breakup in 1970, John Lennon and Yoko Ono moved to Greenwich Village to escape tabloid attention. That’s the time period explored in the trailer for the new documentary, One to One: John and Yoko. Watch it below.
“I fell in love with an independent, creative genius. I started waking up,” Lennon says about Ono after footage of the couple enjoying New York City is shown. “I really feel at home here.”
Later, the musician discusses his legendary 1972 “One to One” benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, saying he made it free to “change the apathy that youth have” by singing and speaking to them. “I would do anything to get them alive again,” Lennon adds. “Viva la revolución.”
Coming from The Last King of Scotland director Kevin MacDonald, One to One: John and Yoko contains never-before-seen material and newly restored footage from the concert. It also features newly remixed music from their son, Sean Ono Lennon, who served as executive producer on the film.
Here’s the official logline:
“On August 30, 1972, in New York City, John Lennon played his only full-length show after leaving The Beatles, the ‘One to One’ benefit concert at Madison Square Garden, a rollicking, dazzling performance from him and Yoko Ono… By 1971 the couple was newly arrived in the United States — living in a tiny apartment in Greenwich Village and watching a huge amount of American television. The film uses a riotous mélange of American TV to conjure the era through what the two would have been seeing on the screen: the Vietnam War, The Price is Right, Nixon, Coca-Cola ads, Cronkite, The Waltons. As they experience a year of love and transformation in the US, John and Yoko begin to change their approach to protest — ultimately leading to the ‘One to One’ concert, which was inspired by a Geraldo Rivera exposé they watched on TV.”
One to One: John and Yoko opens in IMAX on April 11th, with a wide release one week later.
