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Video: Remembering Emily Wilding Davison

Author
Dan Poulton
Date
4 June 2013
Type
Video
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A short film in memory of suffragette martyr Emily Wilding Davison who ran in front of the King’s horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913 100 years ago this weekend

Commissioned by the Emily Wilding Davison Memorial Campaign. Written and produced by Dan Poulton.

Dan Poulton

Dan is a writer, broadcaster and campaigner.  His most recent documentary was The New Scramble For Africa and his documentaries have appeared regularly on the Islam Channel. He is an organiser for Counterfire and a regular contributor to Counterfire site.

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