| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 56 min.)) : sound, color |
| Contents |
A sacred spring (2:11) -- Fear of the witch (4:11) -- Branded as heathens (3:33) -- A modern witch (2:14) -- Enforcing the Church of Rome's will (2:35) -- Goddesses to saints (2:51) -- Mother goddess (2:39) -- Faith rooted in old religion (2:49) -- Old order changes (2:51) -- Social upheaval (3:01) -- Scapegoats (3:27) -- Degrading women (2:28) -- An age of reform (4:38) -- Torturing witches (4:14) -- A charming devil (3:57) -- Malleus maleficarum (1:30) -- Remembering the witches (5:21) -- Credits: the burning times (1:21) |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990 |
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The second film in the National Film Board of Canada's Women and Spirituality series, following Goddess remembered (1989) and preceding Full circle (1993) |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Susan Trow ; editing, Judith Merritt, Donna Read ; story consultant, Starhawk ; research, Holly Dressel, André Hamelin, Donna Read, Margo Ouimet ; music composed and performed by Loreena McKennitt |
| Performer |
Narration spoken by Martha Henry ; dancer, Barbara Pecarich |
| Notes |
Originally produced Montreal, Quebec, National Film Board of Canada, c1990 |
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In English; closed-captioned in English |
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Online resource; title from title screen (Infobase, viewed May 26, 2021) |
| Subject |
Ecofeminism.
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Witchcraft -- Europe -- History
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Women in Christianity.
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Women -- Religious life.
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Women -- Crimes against.
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Witch hunting.
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Women -- Religious life.
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Women in Christianity.
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Women -- Crimes against.
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Witchcraft.
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Ecofeminism.
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Witch hunting.
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Europe.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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History.
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Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Read, Donna, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work, researcher.
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Buffie, Erna, screenwriter.
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Armstrong, Mary, film producer
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Pettigrew, Margaret, film producer.
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Johansson, Signe, film producer.
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Dressel, Holly Jewell, researcher.
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Hamelin, André, researcher
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Ouimet, Margo, researcher
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Henry, Martha, narrator.
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Pecarich, Barbara, dancer
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Trow, Susan, director of photography
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Merritt, Judith, editor of moving image work
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McKennitt, Loreena, 1957- composer (expression), performer.
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National Film Board of Canada. Studio D, production company.
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National Film Board of Canada, presenter, publisher.
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