There Is No Ordinary Person: An Interview with Jacqueline Lentzou on A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra

You’d think it would be impossible to create a new vision of death and the afterlife after more than a century of cinematic depictions. A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra is many things: a coming-of-age tale, a burgeoning love story, and a depiction of everyday teenage life. Above all, it’s a story of death. Jo, a 15-year-old teen, argues with her mother. She lashes out and kicks her mother’s car. She goes to school and goofs around with...