Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand S1E1 – In this fascinating documentary, BAFTA-winning actor Suranne Jones (Hostage, Vigil, Doctor Foster) goes on an epic, international journey to discover the real story behind the most infamous witch trials in history.
Why did women become the scapegoats for all the world’s problems and how do these witchcraft accusations still resonate today?
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Suranne’s investigation takes her to the site of the most infamous witch trials of all – the American town of Salem. She explores why accusations of witchcraft spread here with such devastating consequences three hundred years ago and how the same mass hysteria overtook US society during senator McCarthy’s communist witch hunts in the 1950s.
Then Suranne discovers how the phrase ‘witch hunt’ is being used today by powerful men, like Donald Trump, to paint themselves as victims, and how the Salem legacy continues to impact the rights of women today. And as the conditions which led to the witch trials in Europe and the US centuries ago are part of our lives today, Suranne asks whether history could repeat itself.
Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand – Final Episode / Sunday 19 October at 8.30pm (2 Parts)
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Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand S1E2
