I Am Not a Witch signals the auspicious arrival of a fierce new talent, director Rungano Nyoni

A Zambian girl, falsely accused and imprisoned, refuses to be objectified or underestimated. Women, on the whole, are used to being categorized, objectified, and underestimated. Many of us learn and internalize these conditions in girlhood, often by watching how the men and women in our lives treat other women whom they consider inferior.…