Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono

Born February 18, 1933 · Tokyo, Japan (age 93)

Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music which prefigured New Wave music (whether she was a direct influence is still debated). She is a supporter of gay rights and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the …

Known For

Isle of DogsIsle of Dogs · 2018
Isle of Dogs
7.82018
MovieAdventureComedy
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Bowling for ColumbineBowling for Columbine · 2002
Bowling for Columbine
7.52002
MovieDocumentaryDrama
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.
Earthquake BirdEarthquake Bird · 2019
Earthquake Bird
5.92019
MovieDramaMystery
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
No. 4No. 4 · 1966
No. 4
2.91966
Movie
This film consists entirely of close ups of famous persons' bottoms. Ono meant it to encourage a dialogue for world peace.
Imagine PeaceImagine Peace · 2010
Imagine Peace
2010
MovieDocumentary
Four years in the making, the film features interviews and footage never seen before, as well as older scenes of John and Yoko together, in private and performing in public. Yoko Ono talks about her and John Lennon’s love and life together, about the art they made together and their struggle for peace and justice, including the imaginative methods they used to get their message across: “Give peace a chance.” Lennon’s music provides an inspirational soundtrack to a story that that began more than forty years ago and is still unfolding. In 2007, when Yoko Ono dedicated the Imagine Peace Tower to John’s memory she added: “My love for you is forever.”
Now and Then - The Last Beatles SongNow and Then - The Last Beatles Song · 2023
Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song
7.62023
MovieDocumentaryMusic
The story of The Beatles' last song featuring exclusive footage and commentary.
LoveLove · 1962
Love
8.01962
Movie
"10 minutes of the act of creation itself run through close up and magnifying lenses. " -T.I.
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & YokoWAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko · 2023
WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
6.22023
MovieAnimationMusic
Set in an alternate WWI reality where a senseless war rages on, two soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict play a joyful game of chess. A heroic carrier pigeon delivers the soldiers' chess moves over the battlefield as the fighting escalates. Neither soldier knows his opponent as the game and the war builds to its climatic final move. Whoever wins the game, one thing is for certain: there are no winners in war.

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John Lennon: The Last InterviewJohn Lennon: The Last Interview · 2026
John Lennon: The Last Interview
2026
MovieDocumentary
“John Lennon: The Last Interview” captures an extraordinary and intimate moment in music history – the final in-depth conversation John Lennon ever gave. On December 8, 1980, Lennon and Yoko Ono sat down with a small radio crew in their New York apartment to promote the release of their album Double Fantasy. What followed was an unfiltered, wide-ranging discussion about music, politics, fatherhood, and life. Just hours later, Lennon was killed. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, the documentary presents the complete interview for the first time, framed by reflections from those who were present, revealing a man at the height of his creative and personal powers, openly looking toward the future he would never see.
OneOne · 1966
One
4.01966
Movie
Collected as part of the Fluxfilm Anthology (a multi-reel compendium of 37 short films assembled by Fluxus founder and central operator George Maciunas), One captures the lifespan of a single match recorded at 2,000 frames per second using a 16mm high-speed camera. The frame rate is then decelerated to the standard 24fps for presentation. The film emphasizes each gesture, sway and flare of flame as the small pinewood carrier ignites across the landscape of the filmstrip and screen, signalling the drama and poetics of this ”minor” event before the fire is extinguished. One also stands as an unassuming beacon, immortalizing on film the essence of some of Ono’s early concerns as an artist. At the slightest touch of fire, they burst into flame. Strike everywhere. Strike often.

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The 60s: The Beatles DecadeThe 60s: The Beatles Decade · 2008
The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008
SeriesDocumentary
When people are asked to think about the 1960s, they automatically think love, peace and...The Beatles. Over the decade, the Fab Four changed from cheeky pop mop-heads to blissed-out experimentalists, and this transformation mirrored the country as a whole. This five-part documentary series looks at how the world's most famous pop group personified one of the most explosive and volatile decades of the 20th century. Although the 60s generation had it all, a changing political landscape and changing attitudes to sex and relationships were dragging Britain into a new age. By the end of the decade, The Beatles had split up, proving that the band's personalities and their music had become true symbols of an iconic decade.