Past Film/Video

This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

(Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, 2019)

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A person in a shiny brown gown sits on a bed in front of a bright blue wall. A radio is next to the bed.

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Sep 23, 2021 7:00 PM

Film/Video Theater

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$7 members
$5 students

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Cryptic, impressionistic, and informed by magical realist literature, This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection contains some of the most striking visual compositions in contemporary cinema and announces the arrival of an unmistakable landmark in African film.

Mosotho filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s devastating and hypnotic This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is already one of the most esteemed African films ever to hit the international festival circuit, earning a Special Jury Prize for Visionary Filmmaking at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, before taking home Best Actress, Director, and Cinematography at Africa’s Academy Awards.

Deserving comparison with the work of Pedro Costa, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Souleyman Cissé, This Is Not a Burial marks the introduction of a major filmmaker and the final powerhouse performance of a remarkable actress. The late Mary Twala Mhlongo, recognizable from Beyoncé’s musical Black Is King, gives a heartbreaking career-capping performance as Mantoa, an 80-year-old woman who has lived in a small Lesotho village for her entire life. While preparing for her own death, she receives word of an accident that has killed her only son, leaving her entirely alone with only the respect of her community, the traditions of her ancestors, and the courage of her convictions. When her community must be relocated to make way for a nearby dam that would flood her family’s burial ground, Mantoa draws a line in the sand and becomes an unlikely political and spiritual leader. In Southern Soto with English subtitles. (117 mins., DCP)

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