This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection
Fri, Apr 02
|Virtual Cinema
When her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow (Mary Twala) becomes an unlikely leader who ignites the spirit of resistance within her community. Award winner at Sundance and the first ever submission from Lesotho to the Academy Awards.
Time & Location
Apr 02, 2021, 11:40 AM – Apr 30, 2021, 11:59 PM
Virtual Cinema
About the event
Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (2019), 117mins. Virtual Tickets are $10.
WATCH: https://watch.eventive.org/thisisnotaburialitsaresurrection/play/60315485be17990053628e1d
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 the Special Jury Prize for Visionary Filmmaking at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, before taking home Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at Africa’s Academy Awards. TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/501002476
Deserving comparison with the work of Pedro Costa, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Souleymane 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 blockbuster 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…