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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.
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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…
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.
Matthew Lickona
Nyoni presents one dazzling set piece after another. September 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Nyoni presents one dazzling set piece after another.
Leah Pickett
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…
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.
Kenneth Turan
A remarkable, strange and politically potent first film. September 12, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A remarkable, strange and politically potent first film.
Michael O'Sullivan
Nyoni is clearly confident in her vision and the story she wants to tell, and in her capable hands, the result is spellbinding. September 7, 2018 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Nyoni is clearly confident in her vision and the story she wants to tell, and in her capable hands, the result is spellbinding.
Katie Rife
Nyoni does an excellent job of keeping an absurd tone while losing none of the gravity of the situation. September 7, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Nyoni does an excellent job of keeping an absurd tone while losing none of the gravity of the situation.
Odie Henderson
While there's novelty and promise to Nyoni's little-girl-trapped tale, it tumbles into incoherence too early to merit endorsement. March 31, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
While there's novelty and promise to Nyoni's little-girl-trapped tale, it tumbles into incoherence too early to merit endorsement.
Roger Moore
Maggie Mulubwa is near expressionless throughout and barely speaks, but this makes all the difference, her wide eyes doing all the talking for her. February 4, 2020 | Full Review…
Maggie Mulubwa is near expressionless throughout and barely speaks, but this makes all the difference, her wide eyes doing all the talking for her.
Katie Hogan
Yes, the leashes that bind these women are imaginary. But they're tied to real-world suffering. ... This is not a fantasy. July 2, 2019 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Yes, the leashes that bind these women are imaginary. But they're tied to real-world suffering. ... This is not a fantasy.
Jeffrey Overstreet
For a first film, Ms. Nyoni not only shows intelligence in the way she addresses the topic, but also reinstates hope in the African cinema... January 31, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
For a first film, Ms. Nyoni not only shows intelligence in the way she addresses the topic, but also reinstates hope in the African cinema...
Filipe Freitas
In the debut of newcomer and previously untrained 9-year-old Maggie Mulubwa, the actress carries a sorrow that reads both weary and bone deep. She is compelling to watch and impossible to ignore. January 18, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
In the debut of newcomer and previously untrained 9-year-old Maggie Mulubwa, the actress carries a sorrow that reads both weary and bone deep. She is compelling to watch and impossible to ignore.
Leslie Combemale
This story of an 8-year-old 'witch' literally tethered into servitude is both political exposé and political satire; the sense of sorrow and anger is enhanced by director Rungano Nyoni's artist's appreciation of the absurdity at the root of tragedy. January 7, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
This story of an 8-year-old 'witch' literally tethered into servitude is both political exposé and political satire; the sense of sorrow and anger is enhanced by director Rungano Nyoni's artist's appreciation of the absurdity at the root of tragedy.
John Beifuss
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