DVD
This is not a burial, it's a resurrection
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Languages
In Sesotho, with English subtitles.
Performers
Mary Twala Mhlongo, Jerry Mofokeng Wa Makhetha, Makhaola Ndebele, Tseko Monaheng, Siphiwe Nzima.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2023]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (122 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
"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 prepares for her 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 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."--Container.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
Special features: 2K digital master, approved by director Lemohang Jeremiah Moses ; new audio commentary featuring Mosese and producer Cait Pansegrouw ; Mosese's short films: Mosonngoa (2014), 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.