New documentary on John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the works

A new documentary called Daytime Revolution is set to revisit the one week in 1972 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show.

The documentary was authorised by Sean Lennon, the son of the famous couple. A date for the film's premiere is currently unknown.

Directed by Erik Nelson, the documentary features interviews with guests who were interviewed by Lennon and Ono. In addition there will be some exclusive behind-the-scenes stories of the couple's week-long stint at The Mike Douglas Show.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-hosted the show for five episodes, during which they discussed then-controversial topics such as environmental conversation and police brutality. They invited activists such as Black Panther chairman Bobby Seale and lecturer and attorney Ralph Nader to participate in the interviews. However, guests such as rock'n'roll legend Chuck Berry were also featured in the interviews.

Speaking of Daytime Revolution, director Nelson said: “It’s become a cliché that Woodstock was the defining moment of the counterculture, [but] when I watched these broadcasts in their entirety, I realised that, in reality, this week in 1972, when Lennon and Ono essentially hijacked the airwaves and presented the best minds and dreams of their generation to the widest possible mass audience… was as far as the counterculture would ever get.”

In the past, there have been a number of documentaries about John Lennon, including Lennon's Last Weekend in 2020 and the re-release of 24 Hours: The World Of John And Yoko in 2021.

As a former member of The Beatles, he was one of the subjects of the 2021 documentary The Beatles: Get Back, which his son Julian Lennon said "made me love my father again."