I AM NOT A WITCH – Review by Jennifer Merin
I Am Not A Witch is a stunning fantasy-like tale about naive young Shula, an eight year old orphaned girl in rural Zambia, who finds her way into a village where she happens to witness a local woman fall down and spill a jug of water she was carrying. The villagers accuse her of witchcraft,of causing the accident. Shula, who cannot properly identify herself, nor explain her circumstances, is put on trial by the authorities, represented by a manipulative bureaucratic functionary who handle incidents of witchcraft. When she’s found guilty, he takes charge of her. She’s now considered property of the state and is brought to live at a witch camp, where she’s tethered to a large spool of ribbon and warned that if she cuts her tethering ribbon and attempts escape, she will be turned into a goat. ContInue reading on CINEMA CITIZEN