‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Documentary Arrives on HBO Max Nov. 14
The film originally began streaming on premium digital and VOD on July 4.
Set in 1972 New York, this documentary explores John and Yoko’s world amid a turbulent era. Centered on the One to One charity concert for special needs children, it features unseen archives, home movies, and restored footage.
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald, Sam Rice-Edwards
Written by: Clare Keogh
Rating: R
Running time: 101 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Theatrical Release: April 13, 2025
Streaming: July 4, 2025
US & Canada Boxoffice: $394,239
Worldwide: $832,203
Country: UK
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Website: https://www.onetoonefilm.com/
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. Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald’s riveting documentary takes that legendary musical event and uses it as the starting point to explore 18 defining months in the lives of John and Yoko. 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 on One concert, which was inspired by a Geraldo Rivera exposé they watched on TV. Filmed in a meticulously faithful reproduction of the NYC apartment the duo shared, “One To One: John & Yoko” offers a bold new take on a seminal time in the lives of two of history’s most influential artists.
