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Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four (Screened at Luminato)
235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON M5J 2GB
Jun 22 2019 to Jun 22 2019
Region : Greater Toronto Area City: Toronto
Description
Tabloid news stories and headline grabbing criminal cases featuring satanic cult killings and ritual abuse hit a crescendo in the United States in the 1990s. “The Satanic Panic” saw scores of false charges and sensationalized trials, a disproportionate number of which accused LGBTQ people. The case of “The San Antonio Four” in Texas, 1994, four lesbian Latina women were charged with sexually assaulting two young girls. Though prosecutors lacked key evidence, all four were found guilty. Fifteen years later, filmmaker Deborah S. Esquenazi took up the case, and while researching the role homophobia and witch mythology played during the trial, she captures one of the accusers – now an adult – recanting her testimony. The stunning admission could lead to the exoneration of the imprisoned felons in this riveting legal exposé.