Grieving Landscapes Film Series – Part 2 – This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2019)
Sat, May 3rd, 2025
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
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How do directors use landscapes to interpret feelings of grief? What can cinematic landscapes teach us about grief? The Grieving Landscapes film series is a student-organized event showcasing a trilogy of films at venues across Williamstown. The three films—Y Tu Mamá También (2001), This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection (2021), and The Boy and the Heron (2023) —all, in their distinct fashion, pair intense feelings of grief with vivid depictions of landscape. All screenings are free and open to the public.
The second film of the series, This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, will show at Images Cinema on Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. Following the film, there will be a roundtable panel discussion, featuring associate curator of programs at WCMA Roz Crews, MCLA Professor of English Victoria Papa, and Williams Professor of History Benjamin Twagira. Popcorn will be provided.
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection, is a 2019 drama that follows Mantoa, an 80-year-old widow who is preparing for the end by arranging her own funeral and bidding farewell to worldly affairs. However, her homeland is being converted into a dam and the residents must be resettled.