Edith Walks (2017)

Directed by

Andrew Kötting

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 01m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The filmmaker imagines Edith the Fair walking from Waltham Abbey to the site of the Battle of Hastings. Along the way, writers and musicians join the journey and offer their own reflections on the events of 1066.

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What happens

Edith Walks is a 2017 documentary film directed by Andrew Kötting which imagines a journey by Edith the Fair, wife of English king Harold Godwinson, from Waltham Abbey where he is buried to near the site of the Battle of Hastings and the invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066. It includes contributions from the writers Alan Moore and Iain Sinclair, the torch singer Claudia Barton, and the musician Jem Finer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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