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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.

  • Year
    2016
  • Runtime
    105 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Ireland, United Kingdom
  • Rating
    12A
  • Director
    Brendan J Byrne