2 Films & TV Shows Set In Lesotho

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  This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

  🇱🇸 Lesotho The 2010s

  In a small village surrounded by mountains somewhere in Lesotho, the 80-year-old widow Mantoa waits for the return of her only surviving relative: her son, who works in a South African coal mine. It is Christmas and he would come home. Messengers, however, bring the sad news: her son died in a mining accident.

  Released in 2020 • 120 minutes
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  Cry Freedom

  🇧🇼 Botswana 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇿🇦 South Africa The 1970s

  A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

  Released in 1987 • 157 minutes