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By Odie Henderson (402) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 06 Sep 2018

Nyoni does an excellent job of keeping an absurd tone while losing none of the gravity of the situation…

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By Braden P (74) on 06 Sep 2018

Meow, this movie seems decent and knows what it's meowing- wait, doing. 4/5 Oscars…

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By Ben Kenigsberg (863) for New York Times (5,786) on 05 Sep 2018

The film is perhaps overly repetitive in emphasizing Shula's inability to escape exploitation, but the story is put across with formal confidence…

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By Maria Garcia (194) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 05 Sep 2018

This striking and original film by a Zambian-Welsh writer-director is a feminist allegory set in Zambia…

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By Pat Brown (171) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 Sep 2018

It finds that rare nexus of the comic and the tragic, underlining the absurdity of a terrible situation without demeaning those who have been…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 02 Sep 2018

Nyoni's frank, confrontational style is both derisive and empathetic; she extracts powerful symbolic images from the oppressive environment…

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By Rosalynn Try-Hane (91) for Fopp.com (9) on 20 Aug 2018

Overall, I Am Not A Witch is a perverse, absurd and funny snapshot of life in rural Africa which leaves a very profound afterthought on the…

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By Eve Tushnet (62) for First Things (8) on 05 Aug 2018

I Am Not a Witch, the brilliant feature debut of Zambian-Welsh writer and director Rungano Nyoni, is a satire with the haunting, surreal sensibility…

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By Mabel Salinas (101) for Cine Premiere (538) on 23 Jun 2018

The debut film by Rungano Nyoni is a satirical, brilliant and sophisticated denunciation starring the magnificent revelation Maggie Mulubwa…

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By J Hurtado (110) for ScreenAnarchy (469) on 17 Jun 2018

A Superb Film From A Prodigious New Talent…

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By Fernanda Solórzano (93) for Letras Libres (100) on 17 Jun 2018

Zambian directors Rungano Nyoni's touch allows the film to escape a solemn take on this true African reality. [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Mariana Fernández (33) for Butaca Ancha (324) on 11 Jun 2018

The simplicity of I Am Not a Witch and its musical contrasts seem like they wouldn't work, but it creates an effective thread…

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By Alonso Díaz De La Vega (67) for El Universal (183) on 11 Jun 2018

To say its mistakes destroy the triumphs of I Am Not A Witch would be very exaggerated, bu it's true that they make it a promising debut and…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 07 May 2018

Writer-director Rungano Nyoni has created a marvellous movie that might not always be easy to watch, but it sparks with artistry and originality…

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By Diana M (238) on 01 May 2018

Thought-provoking, sweetly picturesque and bitterly accurate, this film's discordant narrative is a complex commentary on the role of females…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 22 Apr 2018

Nyoni not only captures the absurdist processes of this world, with men delivering verdicts on the women, she frames it with compositions that…

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By Sandra Hall (505) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 17 Apr 2018

In this feature debut from Zambian-born film-maker Rungano Nyoni, ancient superstitions and crass commercialism go into partnership to grotesque…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 15 Apr 2018

There's real sorrow and anger underneath the laughs…

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By Nick Rocco Scalia (29) for Film Threat (5,156) on 12 Apr 2018

Superstition and good, old-fashioned subjugation are the driving forces in I Am Not a Witch, a film that can be surprisingly rousing and entertaining…

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By Christopher H (1,747) on 08 Feb 2018

Satirical and surreal with a captivating performance by the young lead…

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