Beltane Border Morris, the Joint Morris Organisations and Exeter Phoenix are delighted to present a double bill of thought-provoking Morris dancing film to celebrate the JMO Day of Dance in Exeter. 

HELL’S BELLS is a dark, unsettling Morris drama: a short community film produced in Devon by Wandering Tiger in 2016, featuring Dartington Morris. 

A heartfelt docu-ballad in praise of birthplace, bloodline and rural brotherhood, WAY OF THE MORRIS follows writer and director Tim Plester 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.

Featuring contributions from singer/songwriter Billy Bragg and Fairport Conventions Chris Leslie, and utilizing treasured home-movie footage and rare village archive, what emerges is a timely and evocative exploration of the origins and impulses behind the Morris, and an attempt to understand its curious place within enchanted Britannia’s ongoing story.