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Sweet Toronto (1971)

Sweet Toronto (1971)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 1971, November 22
Directors: D. A. Pennebaker
Countries: United States of America
Production: Pennebaker Associates Inc., Pennebaker Associates Inc., The Douglas Corporation, The Douglas Corporation
Cast: Yôko Ôno, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Chuck Berry, Ray Manzarek, Jerry Lee Lewis, Alan White, Mal Evans

Overview:

Sweet Toronto is a documentary by D.A. Pennebaker of the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, a one day festival held September 13, 1969 at Varsity Stadium on the campus of the University of Toronto and attended by some 20,000 persons. John Lennon played as part of the Plastic Ono Band, whose members also included Yoko Ono, Klaus Voorman, Alan White, and Eric Clapton. The video also features a selection of other acts: Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Bo Diddley.