I Am Not a Witch, directed and written by Rungano Nyoni; Menashe, directed and co-written by Joshua Z Weinstein
(98 minutes) Directed and written by Rungano Nyoni
A woman is carrying a plastic barrel of water on her head and trips. She looks up, sees a girl aged nine or ten looking back at her, gets up, and runs away. Later, at a police post, she accuses the girl of being a witch. An old man joins in and, although he has two arms, he claims she made one arm fall off. Jets of his blood spray all over the earth.
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