DAYDREAM THERAPY

Before music videos were a thing, this short film illustrated Nina Simone’s recording of Pirate Jenny by Bertol Brecht. Daydream Therapy “poetically envisions the fantasy life of a hotel worker whose daydreams provide an escape from workplace indignities” (Allyson Nadia Field).

Credits
Writer: Bernard Nicolas
Producer: Bernard Nicolas
Director of Photography: Bernard Nicolas
Editor: Bernard Nicolas
Music: Nina Simone, Archie Shepp

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Spanning generations of filmmakers shaped by the LA Rebellion and UCLA’s Ethno-Communications program, this program revisits the urgency, experimentation, and community-rooted vision that defined a movement