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September 1 st , 2019
At 16 years old, I released my very first documentary. It began as a school project that quickly spiraled out of control into what you now may know as Aurora: The Fall of Daisy Jones & The Six. It told of the downfall of my father’s band and the nearly irreparably fractured lives of all those involved.
Do note that I said nearly.
Aurora, like the album that was her namesake, was an instant sensation. I became the youngest director ever nominated for an Academy Award, though I ended up losing out to Barry Levinson for Rain Man. The impact on my life was blistering and tangible, but the impact on the lives of the band was tenfold. My mother was still recovering from stage IV ovarian cancer, and I regretted thrusting my parents into the spotlight again. But in holding that regret, I had severely underestimated the sheer will and determination that my mother maintained.
Aurora sparked something in my parents, in those they had once called friends, across the United States, and all over the globe. This is the story of what occurred in the days, weeks, and months following the release of my documentary. From a cataclysmic fall came a meteoric rise.
The band as a whole became notoriously private following the press coverage of their 1979 split. Aurora was the first time the band had spoken publicly and candidly about the split, and it would take me another thirty years to convince them to sit down with me again and tell the story of their reunion.
Do note that, just as with Aurora, this documentary features conflicting accounts and half-truths. It is up to you, the viewer, to decipher truth from fiction, to look at the black and white Daisy Jones and The Six present and find the truth in the grey.
On the thirtieth anniversary of the day our story begins, it is my honor to present to you Oculus: The Rise of Daisy Jones & The Six.