---
title: 'Sweet Toronto (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'D. A. Pennebaker'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 70
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sweet-toronto-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498719/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sweet Toronto (1971)

1971 · 70 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

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 St. George campus of the University of Toronto and attended by some 20,000 people. The event was produced by John Brower and Ken Walker. John Lennon, who seven days later would unofficially resign as a member of the Beatles, played as part of the Plastic Ono Band, whose members also included Yoko Ono, Klaus Voormann, Alan White, and Eric Clapton. Their set was released as the album Live Peace in Toronto 1969.

## Credits

- **Director:** [D. A. Pennebaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-a-pennebaker)
- **Director of Photography:** [D. A. Pennebaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-a-pennebaker)

## Cast

- [John Lennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lennon)

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