I Am Not a Witch
It's rare and exhilarating that a new filmmaker arrives on the scene so sure of herself and so willing to take bold, counter-intuitive chances.
I Am Not a Witch
When eight-year-old Shula turns up alone and unannounced in a rural Zambian village, the locals are suspicious. A minor incident escalates to a full-blown witch trial, where she is found guilty and sentenced to life in a state-run witch camp. There, she is tethered to a long white ribbon and told that if she ever tries to run away, she will be transformed into a goat. As the days pass, Shula begins to settle into her new community, but a threat looms on the horizon. Soon she is forced to make a difficult decision –whether to resign herself to life on the camp, or take a risk for freedom.
Genre
Comedy,
Women and Film,
Drama
Runtime
93
Language
Nyanja
Director
Rungano Nyoni
Cast
Maggie Mulubwa
Awards:
Nominee, Best Foreign Film, Spirit Awards
Nominee, Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Katie Rife, AV Club
Throughout 'I Am Not A Witch,' Welsh-Zambian newcomer Rungano Nyoni’s satire of the picaresque adventures of a girl accused of witchcraft in contemporary Zambia, one image dominates: long white ribbons, fluttering in the breeze. These ribbons, attached with hooks to the backs of women (and, in the ...
Played at
Glendale 9.14.18 - 9.20.18
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