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In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing t...

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Corporate Authors: IFC Films, FilmFour (Firm), Channel Four (Great Britain), Northern Ireland Screen (Firm), Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, Wales Creative IP Fund (Firm), Blast! Films
Other Authors: McQueen, Steve, 1969- (Screenwriter, Director), Hastings-Smith, Laura (Producer), Gutch, Robin (Producer), Walsh, Enda (Screenwriter), Fassbender, Michael, 1977- (Actor), Cunningham, Liam (Actor), Holmes, David, 1969- (Actor), Abrahams, Leo (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Edition:[Special ed.].
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 504.
Subjects:
Sands, Bobby, > 1954-1981 > Drama.
Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981 > Drama.
Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) > Drama.
Irish Republican Army > Drama.
Prisoners > Death > Drama.
Great Britain > History > Elizabeth II, 1952- > Drama.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1979-1997 > Drama.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Call Number: PN1997.2 .H865 2009
 
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