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Directed by Erik Nelson, “Daytime Revolution” takes us back in time, as we observe John and Yoko interacting with a transfixed studio audience in revealing “Q and A” sessions where John Lennon was astonishingly candid about his life after the Beatles. John and Yoko also got to pick the guests, some very controversial at the time, like Jerry Rubin and Black Panther Bobby Seale, as well as Ralph Nader and George Carlin. In addition, the shows featured blazing musical performances, including an epic duet with Chuck Berry, and a poignant rendition of the now classic “Imagine”. Conceptual art events and even cooking segments were woven into the crazy fabric of the format.
Multiple Emmy and IDA award winning filmmaker Erik Nelson has produced and directed a wide range of feature documentaries for his company “Creative Differences”. These range from producing four films with Werner Herzog (“Grizzly Man”, “Cave Of Forgotten Dreams”, “Into The Abyss” and their Oscar nominated “Encounters At The End Of The World”), to directing “Dreams With Sharp Teeth” (2008) a biographical look at iconoclastic writer Harlan Ellison, and “A Gray State” (2017) a harrowing true crime look at the culture of conspiracy and Alt Right madness. Nelson’s two most recent films, the immersive World War 2 documentaries “The Cold Blue” (2019) and “Terror And Glory: 1945” (2021), demonstrate the director’s range and ability to weave a provocative story out of exquisitely restored archive footage. In addition, Nelson has written a number of pieces of cultural criticism for the Los Angeles Times, the LA Weekly and Salon Magazine. Produced by Amy Briamonte