Overview

• The documentary premiered May 30 on Apple TV+ and as the first feature-length immersive video on Apple Vision Pro, featuring 8K spatial audio and a 180-degree field of view.
• Based on Bono’s 2022 memoir and 2023 one-man stage show, the film was directed by Andrew Dominik and produced by RadicalMedia’s Jon Kamen and Dave Sirulnick alongside Plan B Entertainment’s Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, with Bono as executive producer.
• It includes exclusive footage from performances at New York City’s Beacon Theatre and delves into Bono’s life roles—son, husband, activist and rock star—through recreated conversations with his late father, Bob Hewson.
• A trio of musicians led by Jacknife Lee offers fresh arrangements of U2 classics amid stark black-and-white visuals, with spatial audio and 3D elements enhancing the Vision Pro experience.
• Critics have given the film a generally positive response, reflected in a 76% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and an abridged paperback edition of the memoir titled Stories of Surrender was released alongside the documentary.