The film observes the Beatles ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) from a " fly on the wall" perspective, without narration, scene titles, or interviews with the main subjects.
The Beatles: Get Back, a 2021 documentary utilising footage filmed for Let It Be, will be followed by a remastered re-release of the original 1970 film. The film Let It Be has not been officially available on home video since the 1980s, although original and bootleg copies of the film still circulate, and early attempts to release the film on DVD and Blu-ray did not come to fruition. After the film's release, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. Although the film does not dwell on the dissension within the group at the time, it provides some glimpses into the dynamics that would lead to their break-up. When plans for the concert broadcast were dropped, the project became a feature film production. The film was originally planned as a television documentary that would accompany a concert broadcast. Released in May 1970, just after the album's release, Let It Be was the last Beatles film for 51 years.
The film includes an unannounced rooftop concert by the group, the last public performance of the four together. The film documents the group's rehearsing and recording songs in January 1969 for their twelfth studio album Let It Be. Let It Be is a 1970 British documentary film starring the Beatles and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.