ANCESTRAL VISIONS OF THE FUTURE

Lemohang Mosese |
France, Lesotho, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |
2025 |
90Min |
English
Filmmaker Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese blurs the lines between reality and reconstruction through figures like the Puppeteer, the Market Seller, and the Old Farmer, Mosese unearths memories buried in the cityÕs streets. The film explores MoseseÕs childhoodÑtrying to evade death and carve meaning. From gravel roads as a child playing with wire cars, to streets of exile where he dissolved into a faceless existence. He confronts the moments that shattered and shaped him. Ancestral Visions of the Future is more than a story of his exileÑit is an elegy for a city and a people caught between the weight of memory and the inevitability of loss.
Lemohang Mosese
Marie Balducchi, Lemohang Mosese
Lemohang Mosese, Phillip Leteka
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Siphiwe Nzima, Sobo Bernard, Mochesane Kotsoane, Rehauhetsoe Kotsoane

Screenings

18 Jul 17:15 Suncoast 8
27 Jul 14:30 Suncoast 8

Lemohang Mosese

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, a Berlin-based filmmaker and visual artist from Hlotse, Lesotho, explores identity, time, and the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. A self-taught filmmaker, his visual essay √íMother, I Am Suffocating, This Is My Last Film About You” premiered at Berlinale Forum 2019 and has been featured in renowned festivals and institutions like MoMA. His acclaimed film This Is Not a Burial, It√ïs a Resurrection won over 30 awards, including Sundance√ïs Visionary Filmmaking Jury Award, and is part of the Criterion Collection. Mosese√ïs video installations, including Sculpting God and New God, have been showcased globally. As a juror and lecturer, he has contributed to Berlinale, Locarno, and Cambridge University.