THE HANGING TREE
Based on True Events, Thriller, Salem Witch Trials (The Witch, Prestige)
SYNOPSIS
Based on True Events In 1690s New England, _The Hanging Tree_ follows Mary Webster, a 68-year-old healer whose quiet rituals and independence mark her as dangerous in a town that fears what it cannot name. When the village elder falls ill, Mary is accused of witchcraft—not for spells, but for being a woman who lives outside the rules. As she’s dragged to Boston for trial, her husband Silas, a crippled beekeeper, prepares a symbolic escape rooted in ritual and quiet defiance. But the town doesn't want justice—it wants certainty. As testimonies mount and silence becomes guilt, the noose tightens not just around Mary, but around the unspoken truth that the real horror lies in the stories we tell to control women. There is no magic. Only fear. Only misunderstanding. And a woman who refuses to beg.