Bobby sands 66 days 2016 download

Seeking the right to be treated as political prisoners rather than common criminals, irish republicans led by bobby. Its a fairly straightforward doc, counting down the last 66 days of sandss life via expert testimony from historians and colleagues, with lots of eyeopening archive footage. By jason gorber published april 28th, 2016comments. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. It follows, then, that its us premiere would be in the fight the power programming segment of doc nyc. By the early 1980s, after two decades of violence and unrest, the situation in northern ireland took a sudden and profound turn inside the infamous maze prison. Tommy mckearney ex hunger striker 53 days 1980 gave connolly media group an interview to discuss brendan j byrnes new film bobby sands 66 days and to reflect on his time on hunger strike. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66 day hunger strike brought the attention of the world t. Hot docs has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the hotdocsfest youtube channel. There isnt, then, much to say about sands life, apart from those nine years in which he was imprisoned, awaiting imprisonment, or engaged in activity that would lead to his imprisonment. Sands married geraldine noade while in prison on robbery charges on 3 march 1973. It went on general release in ireland on 5 august 2016, where it set a record for the highestgrossing opening weekend for an irish documentary film 50,933 or. Biography, documentary, history by the early 1980s, after two decades of violence and unrest, the situation in northern ireland took a sudden and profound turn inside the infamous maze prison.

Drawing on an irish republican tradition of martyrdom, sands emotive, nonviolent protest to be classified as a political prisoner became a defining moment in 20th century irish history. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. He was just one man, behind bars, making the ultimate sacrifice for his beliefs. Seeking the right to be treated as political prisoners rather than common criminals, irish republicans led by bobby sands began a prison hunger strike that would draw international attention to the conflict. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66day. This clip from the feature length documentary bobby sands. Bobby sands 66 days 2016 1080p webrip x264rarbg genre. That concept is forcefully reiterated in brendan j. Structured around sandss decline, 66 days powers us through a. As subtle and eventempered as a documentary about a selfstarving political martyr can possibly be, brendan j. In the spring of 1981, ireland was brought to a standstill as it witnessed an intense struggle between an invisible man, locked in a prison cell, and the might of the. This is a film full of unanswered questions, or to be precise, unasked questions. Robert gerard sands 9 march 1954 5 may 1981, commonly known as bobby sands, was a member of the provisional irish republican army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned. Drawing on an irish republican tradition of martyrdom, sands emotive, nonviolent protest to be classified as a political prisoner became a defining moment in 20th century irish.

Drawing on an irish republican tradition of martyrdom, sands emotive, non. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66 day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. The film made its north american premiere at tiff 2016 and is one of the most successful films to ever come out of northern ireland. This clip from the upcoming feature length documentary bobby sands. Byrne, the film centres on the belfast ira activists fast to the death at the hblocks in the maze prisonlong kesh. Seeing himself as a soldier in a conflict, bobby sands starved. Using extracts from bobby sandss diary, testimony and footage from the archives, the film hears from journalists, historians, sociologists and medical experts as well as those who knew sands. Content media in 1981, bobby sands is a 27yearold member of the ira, doing a 14year sentence for weapons possession in northern irelands maze prison, when he leads fellow prisoners on a hunger strike demanding that they be treated as political prisoners. Controversy surrounding new bobby sands documentary bobby. The life and death of bobby sands in his own words, drawn from his hunger strike diary. Drawing on an irish republican tradition of martyrdom, sands.

The nationalist conflict is unresolved to this day, making bobby sands 66 days a subversive film. Filmmaker brendan j byrne explores the story of bobby sandss 66day hunger strike in the spring of 1981. Robert gerard sands 9 march 1954 5 may 1981, commonly known as bobby sands, was a member of the provisional irish. A gripping tale of terrible times structured around sandss decline, 66 days powers us through a sociopolitical maelstrom. It went on general release in ireland on 5 august 2016, where it set a record for the highestgrossing opening weekend for an irish documentary film 50,933 or gb. A documentary look at ira man bobby sandss 66day hunger strike that resulted in his death in 1981, as well as his earlier life, the.