Elsewhere (2023)

Janelle Vaughn Dowell and Sen Morimoto’s Elsewhere evokes feelings of being just that, whether in mind, body, or soul. Inspired by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s 2020 book Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, a provocative acknowledgement that casts the airy imagery of people at rest and at play (but never at work or partaking in any other kind of physical or emotional labor) in a more symbolic light. Morimoto’s jazzy accompaniment reveals a similar abutment of leisure and a longing for it, enforcing the edit's subtle dynamic. - Cinefile