Way of the Morris

Release Date: 2011-03-01

Overview: As quintessentially homegrown as a game of cricket or a plate of fish-and-chips, Morris dancing is one of Englands most ancient roots traditions. And yet to your average man on the street, its seen as little more than a national joke. And a bad national joke at that. Something to ridicule. Something to be embarrassed about. A heartfelt docu-ballad in praise of birthplace, bloodline and rural brotherhood, WAY OF THE MORRIS follows Tim on a deeply personal journey from the barleyfields of his childhood to the killing fields of The Somme, as he traces the poignant link between the spirited folk revival of the mid-1970s and the true story of the young Adderbury Morris side so decimated by the carnage of the First World War.

Rating: 8 / 10

Cast

Tim Plester

as Himself

Billy Bragg

as Himself

Chris Leslie

as Himself

MyAnna Buring

as Voice of the Will-O'-Wisp

Donald Sumpter

as Voice of Creation