Narrative Feature | Lesotho/South Africa/Italy | 2019 | Sesotho | 119 minutes
In his arresting and unforgettable fiction debut, writer-director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese crafts a beguiling parable of displacement and resilience. In a small village nestled among the imposing mountains of land-locked Lesotho, octogenarian Mantoa (Mary Twala Mhlongo) prepares for her death, longing to be buried in the centuries-old cemetery with the rest of her departed family and ancestors. As she is making arrangements for her burial, she learns that the community is soon to be forcibly resettled in order to make way for a reservoir, and their entire village, history and traditions will disappear under water. Dreamlike and hypnotic, the film is an expressionistic elegy for things lost, and for memory itself.
Available in the Virtual Cinema:
October 9 (10am ET) through midnight on October 16
You must finish watching by midnight on Friday.
Note: This film may be viewed from anywhere in the United States.
