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SCREENING IN OVER 50 CITIES ON OCTOBER 9TH FOR JOHN LENNON’S BIRTHDAY
Cities include New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Indianapolis, Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Seattle, St. Louis, Washington D.C., Toronto and many more
Kino Lorber presents DAYTIME REVOLUTION, a new documentary about the unforgettable week in 1972 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono took over “The Mike Douglas Show” and beamed the revolution directly into the living rooms of 40 million Americans. Directed by Emmy and IDA Award-winning filmmaker Erik Nelson, with creative consultation from Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon, Daytime Revolution features archival footage from each of the five episodes as well as interviews with six of the original guests, all reconstructing the music, the magic, and the behind-the-scenes madness of this unprecedented and historic week of television.
DAYTIME REVOLUTION opens on October 9th as a special cinema event timed to John Lennon’s 84th birthday, with screenings in over 50 cities nationwide, including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami, Washington D.C., and many more. See the full list of cities here.
For one extraordinary week, beginning on February 14th, 1972, the revolution wastelevised. Daytime Revolution takes us back in time to the week that John Lennon and Yoko Ono descended upon a Philadelphia broadcasting studio to co-host the iconic Mike Douglas Show, at the time the most popular show on daytime television with an audience of 40 million viewers a week. What followed was five unforgettable episodes of television, with Lennon and Ono at the helm and Douglas bravely keeping the show on track. Acting as both producers and hosts, Lennon and Ono handpicked their guests, including controversial choices like Yippie founder Jerry Rubin and Black Panther Chairman Bobby Seale, as well as political activist Ralph Nader and comic truth teller George Carlin. Their version of daytime TV was a radical take on the traditional format, incorporating candid Q&A sessions with their transfixed audience, conversations about current issues like police violence and women’s liberation, conceptual art events, and one-of-a-kind musical performances, including a unique duet with Lennon and Chuck Berryand a poignant rendition of Lennon’s “Imagine.”
A document of the past that speaks to our turbulent present, Daytime Revolution is a time capsule reminding us of art’s power to break down barriers, and the bravery of two artists who never took the easy way out as they fought for their vision of a better world.