mother, you have not died yet. but you will. and when you do, you will finally be alive again.

8mm, feature experimental doc
currently in development



dir. advik beni
co-producer sarah ibrahim
production sound sarah ibrahim

supported by 
Allan Sekula Social Documentary Fund

mother, you have not died yet. but you will. and when you do, you will finally be alive again.

8mm, feature experimental doc
currently in development


Amidst a small Indian community in post-Apartheid South Africa—still fraught with violence—Lishana takes care of her dying elderly mother. She turns to photography to grapple with her grief and the lingering tensions of her town. In capturing images and ruminating on the line between life and death, she begins oscillating between the tangible world and the mystical.