Review of Documentaries
A review of the documentaries "Witches of Essex" and "Murdaugh: Death in the Family" notes that one of them "made for a poignant and striking story of state-sanctioned violence and misogyny that could have done without the cheap gags."
It made for a poignant and striking story of state-sanctioned violence and misogyny that could have done without the cheap gags.
However, the programme was criticized for being "frustratingly superficial" despite its long runtime, only briefly touching on the context and deeper motivations behind the history of women being accused of witchcraft.
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Author's summary: Documentaries reviewed with mixed results.