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Kino Lorber Buys North American Rights to John Lennon and Yoko Doc ‘Daytime Revolution’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to 'Daytime Revolution,' a doc about the week John Lennon and Yoko Ono hosted The Mike Douglas Show
“Erik Nelson has unearthed a fascinating and undeniably radical moment of cultural history with ‘Daytime Revolution,’ giving viewers incredible behind the scenes access to a week oftelevision that continues to resonate today,” says Wendy Lidell, Kino Lorber’s senior VP of theatrical distribution and acquisitions. Their version of daytime TV was a radical take on the traditional format, incorporating candid Q&A sessions, conversations about current issues about controversial topics, including the empowerment of women, the deterioration of the environment, as well as police violence. “When I watched these broadcasts in their entirety, I realized that, in reality, this week in 1972, when John Lennon and Yoko Ono essentially hijacked the airwaves and presented the best minds and dreams of their generation to the widest possible mass audience of what was then called ‘Middle America,’ was as far as the counterculture would ever get.
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