1420166
1420166

Property Rites

1984-06-14 en 59m
Drama
Partly based on a true event, the death in 1817 of a Birmingham woman, Mary Ashford, and the consequent trial of a local man, Abraham Thornton, for her rape and murder. The film is concerned with the response of her contemporaries to her behaviour on the night before she died, and by situating this within the fictional circumstances of a modern woman, explores current attitudes to rape, and the forces and assumptions underlying them.

Director

Heather Powell

Producer

Roger Shannon

Writer

Heather Powell

Camera Operator

Robert Smith

Editor

Carola Klein

Writer

Carola Klein

rape feminist true crime

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • Birmingham Film and Video Workshop