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2025 Sundance Film Festival

Description

An exploration of the seminal and transformative 18 months that one of music’s most famous couples — John Lennon and Yoko Ono — spent living in Greenwich Village, New York City, in the early 1970s.

One to One: John & Yoko, which premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, is a remarkable gem that will captivate even the most devoted Lennon and Ono fans. At its core is the masterfully restored footage of the charity concert benefiting disabled children, the only full-length performance Lennon gave after leaving The Beatles. Co-directors Kevin Macdonald (Life in a Day, 2011 Sundance Film Festival) and Sam Rice-Edwards weave a treasure trove of unseen personal archives, offering an intimate yet vibrant glimpse into Lennon and Ono’s newly established New York life. While they spent time watching TV and exploring the highs and lows of American culture and politics, they were also deeply engaged: creating music, resisting deportation threats, and connecting with radical thinkers.—Ania Trzebiatowska

Available in person only.

Screenings include closed and open captions.

Screening Details

Section: Spotlight
Film Type: International Documentary Feature
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Run Time: 100 min.

Credits

Production Company
- Plan B/ KM Films
- Mercury Studios
Executive Producer
Line Producer
- Melissa Morton Hicks
Consulting Producer
- Simon Hilton
Music
- John Lennon
- Yoko Ono
Music Producer
- Sean Ono Lennon
Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Sam Rice-Edwards
Producer
Editor
- Sam Rice-Edwards

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