The Burning Times

199056 min 10 secFilm: Documentary

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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