Event

I Am Not a Witch

Fri Sep 14: 7.30pm
Sat Sep 15: 7.30pm
Sun Sep 16: 4.15pm, 7.45pm
Mon Sep 17: 3.00pm
Tue Sep 18: 3.00pm
Wed Sep 19: 7.45pm
Thu Sep 20: 7.15pm

Rungano Nyoni
UK, France & Germany
2017
1h 33m

About
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.

By turns moving, funny and surreal, I Am Not a Witch offers spellbinding storytelling with flashes of anarchic humor. Sharply satirical, boldly provocative, audacious and unforgettable, it showcases Zambian-born Welsh director Rungano Nyoni as a fresh and fearless new voice in British film.