After jolting audiences with a striking opening shot playing with light exposure — the blurry image of a horse writhing against a villager jabbing at the animal with a javelin — ‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection’ cuts to a slow 360-degree pan, the camera revolving around a lesiba player: a South African musical bow instrument with a throaty hum that squeaks and bellows with the harmonious murmur of a dying bird.

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