The film ‘Tlhago’ explores issues of mourning the cultural and natural worlds we have lost. Thom van Dooren writes that “mourning is a process of learning and transformation to accommodate a changed reality. Mourning is about dwelling with a loss and so coming to appreciate what it means, how the world has changed, and how we must ourselves change and renew our relationships if we are to move forward from here… genuine mourning should open us into an awareness of our dependence on and relationships with those countless others being driven over the edge of extinction.” The film is meant to be a commentary about the processing of my situation within the current epoch and a reflection of the debilitating feelings of powerlessness I feel in the face of the massive issues we are facing.
King Debs – Producer, Director, DOP, Sound Design, Artist