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Witches

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Sankey delves into the portrayal of witches in cinema, using her own personal experiences with motherhood and mental health as a powerful lens. Drawing on an extensive archive of film clips from classics like The Wizard of Oz and Suspiria, Sankey explores how cultural representations of witches reflect deeper societal views on women, motherhood, and mental illness.

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Leslie Felperin Guardian All in all, this is a powerful example of a bricolage-like editing technique that relies heavily on exploiting the copyright laws around fair use to create a prismatic, provocative style of cinema that’s very 21st century. Rated: 4/5 Nov 23, 2024 Full Review Nell Minow RogerEbert.com The personal is political, but in this film that case is made more powerfully with the personal story than the flurry of clips or the theories about history. Rated: 3/4 Nov 22, 2024 Full Review David Jenkins Little White Lies So the film mutates a little bit from playful essay to necessary advocacy doc, yet in its final passages Sankey also manages to ingeniously thread the needle between her two subjects. Rated: 4/5 Nov 22, 2024 Full Review Michael Nordine Movie Brief Sankey, who survived her own trial, has fashioned a moving tribute to the countless women who did not. Rated: 3/4 Jan 17, 2025 Full Review Lorena Loeza EscribiendoCine Witches is a call to action to destigmatize women's mental health and a critique of the myths that still surround motherhood. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Dec 19, 2024 Full Review Hayley Croke Loud and Clear Reviews Witches is an experimental approach to both an educational and personal form of storytelling, but Sankey spreads herself too thin to make both tones fit within the same film. Rated: 3/5 Dec 9, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Sankey delves into the portrayal of witches in cinema, using her own personal experiences with motherhood and mental health as a powerful lens. Drawing on an extensive archive of film clips from classics like The Wizard of Oz and Suspiria, Sankey explores how cultural representations of witches reflect deeper societal views on women, motherhood, and mental illness.
Director
Elizabeth Sankey
Producer
Manon Ardisson, Chiara Ventura, Jeremy Warmsley
Screenwriter
Elizabeth Sankey, Elizabeth Sankey
Production Co
Ardimages UK, Montgomery Avenue
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m