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Sweet Toronto

Sweet Toronto

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 22, 1971

Runtime

0h 51m

Genres

Music, Documentary

User Score

58%

Original Title

Sweet Toronto

Production Companies

Pennebaker Associates Inc., The Douglas Corporation

Director

D. A. Pennebaker

Description

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.