2024 · documentary
Witches
Directed by Elizabeth Sankey1h 30m2024
Elizabeth Sankey's deeply personal documentary examines the relationship between the cinematic portrayals of witches and the all-too-real experiences of postpartum depression by utilizing footage that spans the entirety of film history alongside heartrending personal testimony.
Our read: Witches (2024) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- intimate
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