Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog


This is not a burial, it's a resurrection Cover Image DVD

This is not a burial, it's a resurrection [videorecording] director, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese.

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
  • Edition: Special edition; full screen.
  • Publisher: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [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.

Search for related items by subject

Subject:
Burial > Lesotho > Drama.
Diplomatic protests > Drama.
Mothers and sons > Lesotho > Drama.
Lesotho > Social life and customs > Drama.

Search for related items by series

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Brown Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Sort by distance from:
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library DVD Drama Thi (Text) 30308101316561 Adult Video Available -