rest stop
It’s the early 2000’s and it’s been month since meyi has seen her father and ezeresi has seen her husband.
Meyi is a young Ugandan-American girl, who has yet to see the world beyond her Mother’s arms. An anxious middle child, Meyi often gets lost in the shuffle between first born son, Winston and her younger sister, Baby Charlotte. But Ezeresi pays special attention to her eldest daughter, who only speaks in whispers. She has built a life for her three children, one where she is the all knowing matriarch. This all changes when the family embarks on a bus ride from Albany, New York to Tulsa, Oklahoma to reunite with Christopher, the children’s estranged Father.
Set entirely in transit, this short film is a premature coming of age story, as well as a quiet love letter between a Mother and daughter, who are both trying to navigate the uncertainty ahead of them. As the family moves through the many landscapes that have come to define the American dream, Meyi attempts to mirror her Mother’s calm.