Mother I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You. Presented by Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2020

For the Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2020, Houston Cinema Arts Society features virtual and drive-in screenings of films in addition to live stream performances, interactive experiences, and Q&A and panels. This year, HCAF celebrates “Urbana,” inspired by the globally popular Spanish-language genre música Urbana, which has its origin in African and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

As a part of the Urbana section for the Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2020 (Nov 12 – Nov 22), the virtual screening of Mother I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You. will be available for three days from Nov 13, 4:00 PM. Poetically weaving performative elements with the intimate portrayal of life in the land, the black and white film is Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s farewell to his homeland, Lesotho, located in Southern Africa. As a lyrical and visual poem, Mosese’s Mother I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You. invites the viewers to the harsh realities of Africa after its colonial period and to relate to the love and rage, suffocation and liberation experienced by those who leave their homeland.