I Am Not a Witch
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1h 32m
Directed by Rungano Nyoni | 93 mins | 2017
A young Zambian girl is accused of being a witch and then pressed into soothsaying service by a slick government official in this strikingly shot deadpan satire. Skewering superstition and corruption, it’s a feminist exposé of exploitation done with dazzling flair and buoyed by a stoic budding star in Margaret Mulubwa.
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