Ruth Fainlight

Documentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how his life story influenced his work and vision.

Ruth Fainlight (b.1931) is an American-born poet, writer, translator, and librettist, whose preeminent work in the literary arts spans five decades. Emily Andersen is a renowned interiors, architecture, landscape, and portrait photographer; Somewhere Else Entirely captures intimate moments with Ruth at home in London: making notes; out walking; and by the sea in her old home- town of Brighton. Each image is framed precisely, a testament to Emily’s expertise as a photographer; reflecting Ruth’s writing, precision is given to each aspect of composition and detail. Throughout Somewhere Else Entirely Ruth’s voice recounts aspects of her life and writing practice. A moment of poignance lies in a moving reading by Ruth of her poem, the titular Somewhere Else Entirely, which was written following the death of her husband, the writer Alan Sillitoe.Somewhere Else Entirely moves gently, a pace that blurs boundaries between moving image, photography, and portraiture.