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This is not a burial, it's a resurrection

This is not a burial, it is a resurrection (other title)

Mda, Zakes (writer of accompanying material.). Mhlongo, Mary Twala (actor.). Mofokeng, Jerry (actor.). Mosese, Lemohang Jeremiah 1980- (film director.). Ndebele, Makhaola (actor.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Mary Twala Mhlongo, Jerry Mofokeng, Makhaola Ndebele. (Cast).

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 (Mary Twala Mhlongo, in a soul-shaking end-of-life performance) 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9798886070101
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet 73 x 19 cm full size, folded to 19 x 13 cm
videodisc
DVD videorecording
Edition: Special edition; full screen.
Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	Full screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. Special features: New audio commentary featuring Mosese and Cait Pansegrouw; moses's short films: Mosonngoa; Behemoth: Or the Game of God, along with his 2019 essay film Mother, I am suffocating; This is my last film about you, with a new introduction by Mosese; essay by Zakes Mda.
Participant or Performer Note:	Mary Twala Mhlongo, Jerry Mofokeng, Makhaola Ndebele.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.40:1); 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	Sotho (Sesotho) dialogue; English subtitles.
Source of Description Note:	Title from disc surface.