This documentary film combines original footage with animations, interviews and reconstructions, to depict the 66 increasingly harrowing days of Bobby Sands’ hunger strike, as well as the long-term impact of the blanket protest on the political situation after his election as MP.
Friends, fellow strikers, and his election agent offer their views, along with historians and scholars, all of which provides useful material for classroom work on the History, Politics and Society of Northern Ireland.
Contains strong scenes which viewers may find upsetting.
Please note this title will be available on IFI@Schools until Friday October 22nd 2021.
- Year2016
- Runtime105 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryIreland, United Kingdom
- Rating12A
- DirectorBrendan J Byrne
This documentary film combines original footage with animations, interviews and reconstructions, to depict the 66 increasingly harrowing days of Bobby Sands’ hunger strike, as well as the long-term impact of the blanket protest on the political situation after his election as MP.
Friends, fellow strikers, and his election agent offer their views, along with historians and scholars, all of which provides useful material for classroom work on the History, Politics and Society of Northern Ireland.
Contains strong scenes which viewers may find upsetting.
Please note this title will be available on IFI@Schools until Friday October 22nd 2021.
- Year2016
- Runtime105 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryIreland, United Kingdom
- Rating12A
- DirectorBrendan J Byrne