Witchhammer (with performance by Mia Windsor and Teresa Winter)

Taking influence from the witch trials of Northern Moravia in the 1670's, Witchhammer chronicles a small Czech village's descent into ruthless persecution after a simple act evokes deep superstition. Senseless violence and depravity ensues, all enacted by the bloodied hand of the Catholic church. Under the fallacy of holiness offered by the Malleus Maleficarum (Catholic treatise on witchcraft) innocent women become subjugated to every lecherous whim of individual men: each operating under the guise of righteous will. Written based on the original court transcripts and forced confessions taken by the Inquisitors, it is a mighty, unrelenting testimony of the rotten power authority can wield.

Preceding the screening, Mia Windsor and Teresa Winter, experimental musicians based in Leeds, will perform an improvised piece in response to the film.


Timings
DOORS: 19:00
PERFORMANCE: 19:30
INTRO: 20:15
FILM: 20:30
FINISH: 22:15