John and Yoko documentary Daytime Revolution announced

Daytime Revolution, a new documentary on John Lennon and Yoko Ono, is to be released in US cinemas on 9 October 2024.

Directed by Erik Nelson, the doc focuses on Lennon and Ono’s co-presenting stint on The Mike Douglas Show in February 1972. It uses archival footage from each of the 70-minute shows as well as interviews with the surviving guests.

Daytime Revolution will premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival, followed by its theatrical release. It will show in more than 50 US cinemas before getting a home release.

Daytime Revolution takes us back in time, as we observe John and Yoko interacting with a transfixed studio audience in revealing Q and A sessions where John Lennon was astonishingly candid about his life after the Beatles.

John and Yoko also got to pick the guests, some very controversial at the time, like Jerry Rubin and Black Panther Bobby Seale, as well as Ralph Nader and George Carlin. In addition, the shows featured blazing musical performances, including an epic duet with Chuck Berry, and a poignant rendition of the now classic ‘Imagine’. Conceptual art events and even cooking segments were woven into the crazy fabric of the format.