This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
With a poet’s eye for place, light, and the spiritual dimensions of everyday existence, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese crafts a meditation on the concept of homeland and a transcendent elegy for what is lost in the name of progress. Grieving and alone following the deaths of her husband and children, elderly Mantoa (Mary Twala Mhlongo, in a soul-shaking end-of-life performance) prepares for her own death and to be buried alongside her ancestors. When plans for a new dam near her village in the landlocked kingdom of Lesotho threaten to literally wash away all she holds dear, Mantoa takes a last stand, mobilizing her neighbors to fight for their land and their way of life. The experience of watching Mosese’s visionary, much-lauded This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection is as timeless and elemental as the land itself.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K digital master, approved by director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Mosese and producer Cait Pansegrouw
- Mosese’s short films Mosonngoa (2014) and Behemoth: or The Game of God (2016), along with his 2019 essay film Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You., with a new introduction by Mosese
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by novelist and playwright Zakes Mda
New cover by Nessim Higson
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 2K digital master, approved by director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring Mosese and producer Cait Pansegrouw
- Mosese’s short films Mosonngoa (2014) and Behemoth: or The Game of God (2016), along with his 2019 essay film Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You., with a new introduction by Mosese
- Trailer
- PLUS: An essay by novelist and playwright Zakes Mda
New cover by Nessim Higson
Cast
- Mary Twala Mhlongo
- Mantoa
- Jerry Mofokeng Wa Makhetha
- Lesiba Player
- Makhaola Ndebele
- Pastor
- Tseko Monaheng
- Chief
- Siphiwe Nzima
- Pono
Credits
- Director
- Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
- Written by
- Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
- Edited by
- Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
- Produced by
- Cait Pansegrouw
- Produced by
- Elias Ribeiro
- Coproduced by
- Daniel Caleb
- Coproduced by
- James Matthes
- Coproduced by
- Bongiwe Selane
- Cinematography by
- Pierre De Villiers
- Production design by
- Leila Walter
- Costume design by
- Nao Serati
- Sound by
- Pressure Cooker Studios
- Music by
- Yu Miyashita
Trailer for This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
