Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese is a self-taught filmmaker and visual artist from Lesotho, based in Berlin. His film Mother, I am Suffocating. This is My Last Film About You, was selected for final cut in Venice in 2018, where it won six awards. It premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2019. Mosese was one of three filmmakers selected for Biennale College Cinema with his feature film This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival in 2019. Mosese is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents (2011), Focus Features Africa first (2012), Realness African Screenwriting Residency (2017) and Cinefondation’s L’Atelier (2019).
Filmography
2019 THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT'S A RESURRECTION
2019 MOTHER, I AM SUFFOCATING. THIS IS MY LAST FILM ABOUT YOU
2016 BEHEMOTH: OR THE GAME OF GOD (short film)
2014 MOSONNGOA, THE MOCKED ONE (short film)
2008 LOSS OF INNOCENCE (short film/video installation)
2007 TEARS OF BLOOD
This is not a Burial, it's a Resurrection (2019)
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. More
