{"product_id":"i-am-not-a-witch","title":"I Am Not A Witch","description":"Review\n\nWinner - Outstanding Debut - BAFTA Film Awards\nOfficial Selection - Director's Fortnight - Cannes Film Festival\nOfficial Selection - Sundance Film Festival\nWinner - Best Director - British Independent Film Award\nWinner - Best Directorial Debut - Stockholm Film Festival\nWinner - Jury Prize - San Francisco Int'l. Film Festival\nWinner - Best Int'l. Feature - Adelaide Film Festival\nSpecial Mention - Mumbai Int'l. Film Festival\nNominated - Best Int'l. Film - Independent Spirit Awards - ---\n\nPossibly the year's most audacious film debut, I AM NOT A WITCH has won numerous awards, including Britain's BAFTA for best first feature, and to see it is to understand why...Written and directed by Zambian-born, Wales-raised Rungano Nyoni, this smart and savage satire is impressive for the way it joins a dramatically involving story with a Swiftian tale of human society in general and Africa culture and customs in particular… Beguiling...wickedly smart. - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times\nBeautiful and unsettling...It is a remarkable, strange and politically potent first film. --Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post\n\nSharply observed, symbolically astute...Nyoni's frank, confrontational style is both derisive and empathetic; she extracts powerful symbolic images from the oppressive environment...Short word on a remarkable movie opening today, I AM NOT A WITCH, Rungano Nyoni's first feature; also, the images of ribbons and huge spools on the truck are among the most striking cinematic objects, both practical and symbolic, that I've seen in a while. - Richard Brody, The New Yorker\nBeneath the weight of history, Nyoni's film possesses a wry, sober-minded sense of humor that elicits the pained chuckles of viewers unsure of whether to laugh or cry...[she] paints portraits of implied mysticism with elegance and precision. --Kelley Dong, Film Comment\n\nProduct Description\n\nIn her BAFTA award-winning debut feature, Rungano Nyoni crafts a satiric feminist fairy-tale set in present-day Zambia. When 9-year old orphan Shula is accused of witchcraft, she is exiled to a witch camp run by Mr. Banda, a corrupt and inept government official. Tied to the ground by a white ribbon, Shula is told that she will turn into a goat if she tries to escape. As the only child witch, Shula quickly becomes a local star and the adults around her exploit her supposed powers for financial gain. Soon she is forced to make a difficult decision whether to resign herself to life on the camp, or take a risk for freedom. A hit at over 50 international festivals, I AM NOT A WITCH is a must-see for anyone interested in new African Cinema and contemporary female filmmakers.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B07KLFM6HM\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B07KLFM6HM.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eBinding: DVD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41447052116026,"sku":"DBV.B07KLFM6HM.A","price":13.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B07KLFM6HM-0.jpg?v=1780720935","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/i-am-not-a-witch","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}