The documentary on John Lennon and Yoko Ono is in theaters (in America).

At the last Venice exhibition the documentary “One to One: John & Yoko” (Read the review here), a film featuring protagonists John Lennon And Yoko Or notin which the director Kevin McDonald chronicles the crucial 18 months of one of rock’s most famous couples.

After the preview at the Italian festival, as Deadline reports, the official date on which it will be screened exclusively on the IMAX circuit now arrives: the date will be April 11th. After viewing in theaters, it will be aired on HBO and debuted in streaming on Max at the end of 2025.

Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to the film, which will trace the year and a half that Lennon and Ono lived in New York’s Greenwich Village between 1971 and 1973. The film includes previously unreleased material and newly restored footage of Lennon’s performance at Madison Square Garden on August 30, 1972, as part of the One to One benefit concert. Lennon’s two performances that day marked his last full concerts and later appeared on the posthumous 1986 album “Live in New York City.” The couple’s son, Sean Ono Lennonoversaw the audio remastering of the concert for the film.

The One to One benefit show, which also featured Stevie Wonder and Roberta Flack, raised money for residents of Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities. Lennon and Ono were inspired to participate after an exposé by Geraldo Rivera, an American lawyer, journalist and television host, revealed the school’s horrific and abusive conditions.

“I am personally thrilled to be returning with the teams at Magnolia and HBO to give “One to One: John & Yoko” the ambitious theatrical release I have always dreamed of for this film,” said director Macdonald, whose filmography includes also the Oscar winner in 2000 (for directing “Un giorno a cielo”). as well as 2012’s “Marley” and 2018’s “Whitney.”

“This is a film about music, love, politics and immersion in the year 1972, a time that bears an uncanny resemblance to the world we are living in. And more than anything I am grateful to Sean Lennon and the Mercury Studios for entrusting me with the incredible One to One concert.”