The wastelands and crowded streets of an African country are traversed by a woman bearing a wooden cross on her back. She is followed by sellers, beggars and passersby, outraged voices, pity and curious glances. Parallel to her, among a herd of sheep, a lamb toddles its way from the far away mountains into the heart of the city, only to find itself dangling, skinned and headless, on a butcher’s shoulder. In the meantime, under the scorching sun, in a roofless house, a woman is persistently knitting a garment, unwinding a thread coiled over her son’s face. MOTHER, I AM SUFFOCATING. THIS IS MY LAST FILM ABOUT YOU is a symbolic social-political voyage of a society, spiraling between religion, identity and collective memory. “I saw in you what they saw, mother. You deserve your war”. MOTHER, I AM SUFFOCATING. THIS IS MY LAST FILM ABOUT YOU unfolds as a profound cinematic tapestry woven by director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese. The film paints an allegorical landscape marked by the arduous journey of a woman through the bustling streets and wastelands of Lesotho. Her journey, a striking visual metaphor carried out with a wooden cross on her back, captures the essence of societal judgment, pity, and curiosity. Mosese’s film is a poetic and elegiac exploration that stretches beyond the borders of Lesotho to a universal canvas. By narrating a letter to both a personal mother and the motherland, the film navigates through personal loss and the broader disillusionment with a homeland that has not lived up to its nurturing role. The visuals, rendered in compelling black and white, enhance the film’s thematic depth, presenting a stark, haunting aesthetic that lingers in the mind of the viewer.
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A visually stunning journey through love, loss and legacy, as directed by the acclaimed Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese.
The wastelands and crowded streets of an African country are traversed by a woman bearing a wooden cross on her back. She is followed by sellers, beggars and passersby, outraged voices, pity and curious glances. Parallel to her, among a herd of sheep, a lamb toddles its way from the far away mountains into the heart of the city, only to find itself dangling, skinned and headless, on a butcher’s shoulder. In the meantime, under the scorching sun, in a roofless house, a woman is persistently knitting a garment, unwinding a thread coiled over her son’s face.
MOTHER, I AM SUFFOCATING. THIS IS MY LAST FILM ABOUT YOU is a symbolic social-political voyage of a society, spiraling between religion, identity and collective memory. “I saw in you what they saw, mother. You deserve your war”.
MOTHER, I AM SUFFOCATING. THIS IS MY LAST FILM ABOUT YOU unfolds as a profound cinematic tapestry woven by director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese. The film paints an allegorical landscape marked by the arduous journey of a woman through the bustling streets and wastelands of Lesotho. Her journey, a striking visual metaphor carried out with a wooden cross on her back, captures the essence of societal judgment, pity, and curiosity.
Mosese’s film is a poetic and elegiac exploration that stretches beyond the borders of Lesotho to a universal canvas. By narrating a letter to both a personal mother and the motherland, the film navigates through personal loss and the broader disillusionment with a homeland that has not lived up to its nurturing role. The visuals, rendered in compelling black and white, enhance the film’s thematic depth, presenting a stark, haunting aesthetic that lingers in the mind of the viewer.