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Maggie Mulubwa
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Henry B.J. Phiri
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Gloria Huwiler
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Nellie Munamonga
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Dyna Mufuni
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Nancy Murilo
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Ritah Mubanga
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Chileshe Kalimamukwento
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Travers Merrill
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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Nov 08 2025
There’s a lovely scene towards the end of this film where the young “Shula” is secreted inside what looks like a papier-mâché prop from “Five Nights at Freddy’s” where the tourists approach her to discover she is a witch! That rather sums up the approach taken to this eight year old girl by a Zambian society that can’t quite decide whether she is to be burned at the stake or to be commercially exploited by the state. Her predicament all starts when she is tried for witchcraft in a rural court and sentenced to be sent to a camp populated by loads of other witches. Rather than bars and fences, th...
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
- witch
- superstition
- witch doctor
- zambia
