Property Rites (1984)
- Drama
Directed by: Heather Powell
Written by: Carola Klein, Heather Powell
This drama documentary focuses on the historic case of Mary Ashford who was sexually assaulted and murdered in Erdington, close to the then emerging city of Birmingham in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Heather Powell's film looks at the way Mary Ashford's rape and murder was used to drive home the message that women should forget notions of independence and confine themselves to the domestic sphere.
