This is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection (2020)

• arthouse
• drama

Logline

An 80 year old widow prepares to die but when her village is threatened, she finds the courage to live one last time

Plot Summary

Amongst the pythonic mountains of landlocked Lesotho, an 80 year old widow winds up her earthly affairs, makes arrangements for her burial and prepares to die. But when her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to the construction of a reservoir, she finds a new will to live and ignites a collective spirit of defiance within her community. In the final dramatic moments of her life, Mantoa’s legend is forged and made eternal.