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The Burning Times
199056 min 10 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Donna Read
Production: Mary ArmstrongMargaret PettigrewSigne JohanssonRina FraticelliKathleen Shannon
Script: Erna Buffie
This beautifully crafted film is an in-depth look at the witch-hunts that swept through Europe just a few hundred years ago. False accusations and trials led to massive torture and burnings at the stake, and ultimately to the destruction of an organic way of life. The film advances the theory that widespread violence against women and the neglect of our environment today can be traced back to those times. Part two of a series of three films on women and spirituality, which includes Goddess Remembered and Full Circle.
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Subject categories
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Historical PerspectivesWomen
- Women > Historical PerspectivesReligion and Spirituality
- History > Women
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Social Studies > Social History
Credits
- director
- Donna Read
- producer
- Mary Armstrong
- Margaret Pettigrew
- Signe Johansson
- executive producer
- Rina Fraticelli
- Kathleen Shannon
- script
- Erna Buffie
- cinematography
- Susan Trow
- sound
- Diane Carrière
- editing
- Judith Merritt
- Donna Read
- sound editing
- Jackie Newell
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- Shelley Craig
- narrator
- Martha Henry
- music
- Loreena McKennitt
Awards
- Award for Best International Documentary SpecialUSA / Cable ACE Award by National Academy of Cable Programming