The Burning Times is a 1990 Canadian documentary about the Early Modern European witchcraft trials.. It was directed by Donna Read and written by Erna Buffie, and features interviews with feminist and Neopagan notables, such as Starhawk, Margot Adler, and Matthew Fox. The Burning Times is the second film in the National Film Board of Canada's Women and Spirituality series, following 'Goddess Remembered.
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The Burning Times is a 1990 Canadian documentary about the Early Modern European witchcraft trials.. It was directed by Donna Read and written by Erna Buffie, and features interviews with feminist and Neopagan notables, such as Starhawk, Margot Adler, and Matthew Fox. The Burning Times is the second film in the National Film Board of Canada's Women and Spirituality series, following 'Goddess Remembered.
The film advances the theory that widespread violence against women and the neglect of our environment today can be traced back to those times.
The opening and closing theme music, composed by Loreena McKennitt, was released as the track titled "Tango to Evora" on her album "The Visit".
In the film, Thea Jensen calls this period in history the "Women's Holocaust" and gives an estimate of a total of 9 million witches burned, admitting that this is a "high" estimate but quoting no alternative numbers. Scholarly "high" estimates range around 100,000, with estimates around 60,000 more...
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