I Am Not a Witch
2017, Drama, 1h 30m
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I Am Not a Witch approaches real-life injustices with a beguiling blend of sorrow, anger, and humor, marking debuting writer-director Rungano Nyoni as an exciting new talent. Read critic reviews
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Nyoni teases our assumptions of culpability. She paints portraits of implied mysticism with elegance and precision, slowing time and framing the girl as the center of the film's universe-not a witch, but a force to be reckoned with nevertheless.
October 30, 2018 | Full Review… -
If you like things to be spelled out, this is not the film for you.
October 11, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
Even if writer-director Rungano Nyoni's film were a lesser achievement - less unsettlingly complicated, less bitterly funny, less bluntly sad - it would still have the witch truck, one of the great cinematic images of this or any other year.
September 28, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Nyoni presents one dazzling set piece after another.
September 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
Nyoni, working in English and the local language of Nyanja, has an unforced way of dealing with themes like exploitation, oppression and superstition, showing how easy it can be for nonsense to pass itself off as sense.
September 13, 2018 | Full Review… -
A remarkable, strange and politically potent first film.
September 12, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
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