I Am Not A Witch

About the movie

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 on 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.
Moving, funny and surreal, I Am Not a Witch offers spellbinding storytelling. Audacious and unforgettable, it showcases Rungano Nyoni as a fresh and fearless new voice in British film. Sharply satirical and boldly provocative, the film garnered incredible praise from audiences and critics alike at the Cannes 2017 Directors’ Fortnight.
“Comic, tragic and captivatingly beautiful"– The Guardian (++++)
“The birth of a significant new screen voice” – The Hollywood Reporter
“A haunting, funny, strange satire on African Womanhood” – Jason Solomons (++++)

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