What is progress if it forsakes everything that came before it?

| Feb 12, 2024

...nothing short of miraculous. In fact, “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection” is as unforgettable as any film I’ve ever seen.

| Sep 23, 2022

A lucid and rare survival cry.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 24, 2022

A work of great and terrible beauty, with a keen sense of time and place and timeless sense of justice.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 29, 2021

...intimately attuned to something beyond the veil.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 8, 2021

A mythic fable about the transformative power of grieving.

| Sep 14, 2021

A stirring look at resistance to injustice done in the name of "progress."

| Aug 3, 2021

By the end, Twala's presence-and her grievance-feel genuinely monumental.

| Jul 19, 2021

It's a powerful arthouse film that's lyrically and visually stunning.

| Original Score: B | Jul 19, 2021

A melancholy meditation on the clash between tradition and progress, this evocative African drama finds beauty in its sadness.

| Jul 17, 2021

[Mosese's] film is a beautiful object, both mournful and hopeful, clear-eyed about the future without wallowing in misery.

| Jun 6, 2021

Between the textures of Twala's aged but defiant face and the deep, contemplative landscapes behind her, I doubt you'll see more beautiful and awe-inspiring images this year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 4, 2021

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection is a monumental, towering film, one that legitimately stands with the all-time greats of world cinema.

| Apr 29, 2021

It's a gorgeous and quiet cry of protest for ensuing generations to heed before it's too late.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 15, 2021

This Is Not a Burial is a story of repeated loss, of "the dead bury[ing] their dead," but also of endurance and sometimes of beauty.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 14, 2021

Mokofeng is one of Mosese's two constants alongside Mhlongo, who provides This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection with its steady, stoic heart.

| Original Score: 9.4/10 | Apr 9, 2021

It's a haunted hymn of grief, one that feels like a fable read from an old text, which is emphasized by the Priest (Ndebele) figure's monologuing, the master storyteller who unwinds Mantoa's tale.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 9, 2021

One of those movies that seems to be inventing a new cinematic language as it goes along.

| Apr 9, 2021

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection would be an exceptional film under any circumstances, but it has a special power at this particular moment.

| Apr 7, 2021

Some directors grasp the concept of film art. To that esteemed group I now add Mosotho filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese.

| Apr 2, 2021