Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

I am not a witch / Film4, FFilm Cymru Wales, BFI present a Clandestine Films and Soda Pictures production ; produced in association Icreate and Unafilm ; written and directed by Rungano Nyoni ; produced by Juliette Grandmont, Emily Morgan ; executive producers, Eve Gabereau, Mary Burke, Eva Yates, Daniel Battsek, Hannah Thomas.

Publisher, Date:

[New York] : Film Movement, [2018]

Description:

1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

stamping

digital

optical

widescreen

NTSC

video file

DVD video

all regions

Summary:

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.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated; not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission.

Series:

Film Movement series

Film Movement series.

Subjects:

Blessing and cursing -- Zambia -- Drama.

Girls -- Zambia -- Drama.

Witchcraft -- Zambia -- Drama.

Zambia -- Drama.

Genre:

Satirical films.