This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection (2019)

Original title

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection

Directed by

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

Genre

drama film

Country

Lesotho

Runtime

2h

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly woman in a Lesotho village faces the impending loss of her home and community due to a dam construction project. She becomes a central figure in the resistance against the displacement.

meditativesolemnslow-burnmelancholicvisually lushcontemplativepoeticquietly intense

What happens

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection is a 2019 drama film directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese and co-produced by Cait Pansegrouw and Elias Ribeiro. The film stars Mary Twala Mhlongo, with Jerry Mofokeng Wa, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng and Siphiwe Nzima-Ntskhe in supporting roles. It was selected as the Lesotho entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was the first time Lesotho had made a submission in the category. The film received positive reviews from critics and was screened at several international film festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You (2019)
• Ancestral Visions of the Future (2025)
• Mosonngoa (2015)
• Behemoth: Or the Game of God (2016)
• Toorbos (2019)
• Stam (2019)
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
• Land of the Brave (2019)