Join us on Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 at 7:00PM ET for a Film at The Africa Center screening of This is Burial, Not a Resurrection by director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese.

About the Film

In the mountains of Lesotho, an 80-year-old widow named Mantoa eagerly awaits the return of her son—her only living kin—from the South African mines where he works. When instead she receives news of his death, she puts her affairs in order and makes arrangements to be buried in the local cemetery. Her careful plans are upset abruptly by the news that provincial officials intend to resettle the village, flood the entire area, and build a dam for a reservoir. Determined to die on her own terms and in her own land, Mantoa resolves to defend the spiritual heritage of her community.
About Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese