Accused of Witchcraft (2017)

There are countries where thousands of children who are claimed witches are abandoned, tortured or even murdered. "Accused of Witchcraft" shows how such a cruel practice is followed by the Bariba people, principal inhabitants of the northeast Benin. Members of this ethnic group believe that "wrongly born" children - for instance, those born in the breech position, with their head down or with tooth buds ¬- are witches having evil magic powers. The practices followed by the Bariba people are ruthless; such children are excluded from society and are sometimes even sentenced to death by their family. In "Accused of Witchcraft", Dominika Kulczyk together with the aid project of Kulczyk Foundation visits the SOS Children's Village in Benin, where child victims of sorcery violence have been raised. She also meets 22-year-old Djamila, who was accused of witchcraft and miraculously saved by her aunt and a Catholic priest.