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An exhibition of stolen memories and open wounds, the film is a symbolic social-political voyage of a society, spiralling between religion, identity and collective consciousness—a farewell letter and furious lamentation to a mother, a land, a hero, a victim, and a martyr.
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, spiralling between religion, identity and collective memory. “I saw in you what they saw, mother. You deserve your war”.

Credits

Director
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Screenwriter
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Producer
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
Production Company
Day Zero Films UG

About the Director

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese
"Lemohang Mosese is a Berlin-based filmmaker and visual artist from Hlotse, Leribe, Lesotho. His works intricately examine identity and its fluid nature in relation to time. Mosese’s art is a layered exploration of the cycles of life, death, and rebirth, framed through the lens of human subjectivity. His feature-length visual essay ‘Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You’ premier
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