Walk with Me is a 2017 documentary film framed around Zen Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh and his Plum Village monastic community.
[4][7] One third of the film's budget was crowd-funded, and its crew includes sound designer Anna Bertmark, composer Germaine Franco and additional editors Nicholas Chauderge and Alan Mackay.
[8] Marc J Francis also explains how capturing the film was heavily shaped by the establishment of trust and openness with the community, and how the narrative was eventually created through the passing of the time.
[4] With an approach summarised by Time Out as 'the exact midway point between a documentary and meditation exercise',[14] specialised reviews remark the film as 'A rare insight into an interesting subject'[15] and 'a relief, and a palate cleanser'.
It gives a hint of that quiet voice so underrated today and ironically so needed in this time of fear and ignorance.”[1] In April 2020, Walk With Me released a meditation experience soundscape produced by Marc J Francis and Matt Coldrick, featuring chants of Plum Village monastic choir, alongside recordings of the sounds of nature and mindfulness bells, and Benedict Cumberbatch's elegant readings of Thich Nhat Hanh's journals.