It joins other african films, such as the boy who harnessed the wind on the international streaming service. An irresistible mix of original story, stunning visuals, broad comedy moments and magic realism i expect big things from this. The child is a witch, exclaim the villagers in the opening of this strikingly beautiful first feature by rungano nyoni. I am not a witch dvd 2019 upc 859686006796 for sale online.
I am not a witch is told with visual swagger financial times. I am not a witch is a fantasy film directed by rungano nyoni. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Even if writerdirector rungano nyonis film were a lesser achievement less.
Cinema scope i am not a witch rungano nyoni, ukfrance. Drama revolving around nineyearold shula who is accused of witchcraft in zambia, where the marginalisation of witches continues in 2017. Am not a witch, a zambian film about an eightyearold girl, played by maggie mulubwa, earned the outstanding. Zambian movie i am not a witch premieres on netflix. Yet for all its factual grounding, i am not a witch is also a work of fairytale invention, unravelling the threads of its quasimythical narrative with anarchic aplomb. Check out the new trailer for i am not a witch starring maggie mulubwa. The phenomenon in zambia relates not to a cackling shakespearean witch, but a relatively innocuous kind. A kaleidoscope of glorious tableaux, i am not a witch is a transcendent satire about patriarchy, horror tourism and propaganda. Putting her film into any category is more challenging, though, with its elements of fable and somewhat surreal satire, although surreal and any associated hints of the absurd risk saying more about the perspective of the observer than the world nyoni herself depicts. I am not a witch approaches reallife injustices with a beguiling blend of sorrow. A startling movie, i am not a witch is many things.
Zambianwelsh filmmaker rungano nyonis debut feature i am not a witch tells the story of shula, a young girl sent to live in a community of accused witches. I am not a witch 2017 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Any viewers of a remotely progressive bent will be shocked and outraged at the barbaric treatment of women on display. I am not a witch bande annonce 2017 je ne suis pas une sorciere. Stephen dalton, the hollywood reporter around the world in 14 films 2017, presented by. Rungano nyonis debut feature, the story of a girl in zambia accused of witchcraft, is comic, tragic and captivatingly beautiful.
Huey mcevoys rating of the film i am not a witch cannes 2017 an 8 year old girl on zambia is accused of being a witch and sent to witch camp. Following a banal incident in her local village, 8year old girl shula is accused of witchcraft. It tells the story of a young girl, shula, accused of witchcraft after a trivial mishap. Its a magic realist fable set in presentday zambia that has plenty to say about gender and superstition. Rungano nyonis debut feature, the story of a girl in zambia accused of witchcraft, is comic, tragic and.
Following an incident in her zambian village, nineyearold shula is denounced as a witch and exiled to a staterun witch camp. The film crafts a framework of superstition and ritual, onto which is hung a vividly realised, if somewhat enigmatic portrait of a childs life. After a minor incident, nineyear old shula is exiled to a witch camp where she is told that if she escapes, shell be transformed into a goat. I went to the press screening of i am not a witch and a film critic left the cinema halfway through boiling with rage. I am not a witch is a mindfully crafted dark satire set in modern day zambia. Buy i am not a witch usversion, regio 1a dvd from i am not a witch for 24,42 eur and pay no postage. I am not a witch i am not a witch film dvd grooves inc. What makes the film richer still is that nyoni has real visual swagger, complete with a trace of high art house. More than 100 cds, dvds, vinyls, games, technics, equipment and toys since 1991 at your service. I know its not going to be extraordinary when makers of the film use vivaldis.
Brawl in cell block 99, happy death day, i am not a witch. She is a graduate of the university of the arts, london, and has directed several short films, including mwansa the great. The film follows shula margaret mulubwa, a young girl who is one day accused by her neighbours of being a witch, simply because nobody knows her and it hasnt rained in the area ever since she arrived. This fascinating film begins with ludicrous accusations levelled against an orphaned nineyearold girl, shula played by. I am not a witch rungano nyoni, ukfrance discovery. Following a banal incident in her local village in africa, 8year old girl shula is accused of witchcraft. A minor incident escalates to a fullblown witch trial, where she is found guilty. Catch i am not a witch, in cinemas and on demand now. Sharply satirical and boldly provocative, the film garnered incredible praise from audiences and critics alike at the cannes 2017 directors fortnight. I am not a witch is a film thats both vexing and often hilarious. Tradition and technology collide in the spellbinding. I am not a witch, while suffused with a thread of dark humor, is a furious indictment of the way society continues to treat women and girls who do not fit neatly into the molds prescribed for them. The film obviously looked amazing though with david gallego as dop but just didnt click all the way through.
When young shula is accused of witchcraft in her village, she is exiled, constrained in her movements, and expected to perform miracles. The young actress is absolutely mesmerizing in that kafkaesque story imprinted in magical realism and deep philosophical propositions that will keep you thinking for. Zambianborn welsh director rungano nyoni is set to make her mark on british cinema with her groundbreaking first feature, i am not a witch. In writerdirector ryongo nyonis i am not a witch, this chant comes not from a platoon of conscripts, but from a group of women being held in one of zambias witch camps. I am not a witch is the debut film from zambianborn director rungano nyoni. Even if writerdirector rungano nyonis 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. I am not a witch 2017 letterboxd your life in film. Perhaps more outrageinducing is how some, like the opportunistic banda and a glamourpuss hairdresser who commits her own mother to the witch camp, are willing to sell out their own culture in a quest for a. Many scenes are bizarrely entertaining and yet ultimately the film, and the many serious themes it covers hit like a punch in the stomach. But however you look at it, i am not a witch is a startling, vibrant. Award winning zambian film i am not a witch will be the countrys first film to debut on netflix. I am not a witch cleveland international film festival. A film guide that looks at i am not a witch 2017, exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.
Film4 spoke with her about the filmmaking process, the directors that inspire her and the zambian sense of humour. Youve made the move from short films into features. After a banal accident in her village, shula, an eightyearold girl, is accused of witchcraft. Forced to decide whether to accept her fate as a witch, shula ignites a rebellion within the camp. Rungano nyoni as a fresh and fearless new voice in british film. It was screened in the directors fortnight section at the 2017 cannes film festival and won the bafta award for outstanding debut by a british writer, director or producer for nyoni and producer emily morgan at the 71st british academy film awards. Zio mwale, lusaka criticallyacclaimed movie i am not a witch by zambianwelsh director rungano nyoni, won three awards at last weeks british independent film awards bifa. I am not a witch, the often humorous, slyly feminist debut feature by writerdirector rungano nyoni, tells the story of an eightyearold zambian girl accused of sorcery after a minor accident occurs in her presence. I am not a witch feels like the birth of a significant new screen voice. The film satirizes the reallife camps in the southern african nation, where the state confines women who supposedly possess malevolent powers. Rungano nyoni was born in lusaka, zambia, and emigrated to wales at the age of nine. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp in the middle of a desert. In english, bemba, nyanja, and tongan with subtitles g.
I am not a witch is a 2017 internationally coproduced drama film written and directed by rungano nyoni in her feature debut film. There is an implied feminist critique of ingrained misogyny behind i am not a witch, and a droll tv talkshow scene shades into heavyhanded satire, but this is emphatically not some earnest. Throughout i am not a witch, welshzambian newcomer rungano nyonis satire of the picaresque adventures of a girl accused of witchcraft in. In particular, the motif of women restrained from flight by vast lengths of white ribbon has a touch of charles perrault or. I am not a witch goes on general sale from fri 20 oct. The child is sent to a witch camp, where similarly accused women in her region are held captive and forced to perform manual labor, act as tourist attractions, and even use. I am not a witch helmer rungano nyoni on her longstanding connection to the cannes film festival and her buzzedabout feature debut. I am not a witch approaches reallife injustices with a beguiling blend of sorrow, anger, and humor, marking debuting writerdirector rungano nyoni as an.
A razorsharp drama, the latest blumhouse horror, a. A hit at over 50 international festivals, i am not a witch is a mustsee for anyone interested in new african cinema and contemporary female filmmakers. Year of the woman empowered voices international womens day, 8 mar. The film highlights the countrys contradictory blend of traditional beliefs with modern culture and exposes the multilayered problems that arise as a result. I am not a witch stars newcomer maggie mulubwa, and is the first feature film from nyoni, whose short films have earned her. The directors debut feature film is about a nineyearold who is accused of. After a minor incident in her village, nineyearold shula is exiled to a travelling witch camp where she is told that if she tries to escape she. I am not a witch director on the modern persecution of. I later found out that this critic, who i happens to know very well, left because she was angered at the laughter.
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