Living with the Tudors Trailer

A Somewhere Film by Nina Pope & Karen Guthrie

http://www.livingwiththetudors.com/

After 4 years of participation as historical re-enactors, Pope & Guthrie were given unprecedented access to the UK’s oldest and largest historical re-enactment at Kentwell Hall. Among the 500 volunteers spending their holidays re-creating every conceivable walk of C16th English life, they meet a core of fiercely loyal and protective re-enactors whose real life stories form a fascinating counterpoint to their chosen Tudor roles: they include Tissy, the serene ‘lady of the manor’; Danny, a disaffected teenager who transforms into the gentlemanly Master Riece, and Sue, who never wants to leave. Shepherding through the thousands of paying visitors is owner Patrick Phillips, a distant paternal leader who describes the epic spectacles as his ‘game’. Shot over an idyllic English summer this refined portrait allows us to discover what these secretive enthusiasts are escaping from – and to.