Bobby sands 66 days full movie

Controversy surrounding new bobby sands documentary bobby. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. 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. This clip from the feature length documentary bobby sands. Byrne, the film centres on the belfast ira activists fast to the death at the hblocks in the. This clip from the upcoming feature length documentary bobby sands. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66 day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. See the full film when it is released in irish cinemas this autumn. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66day hunger strike brought the.

The film which was released in irish cinemas by wildcard distribution is now the second highest nonconcert documentary opening of alltime after the international cinema hit farenheit 911. This piercing and unforgettable documentary chronicles the story of bobby sands, the ira volunteer who in march 1981 began a hunger strike that would last an astonishing 66 days and eventually end in him losing his life, as he fought to be officially. The film mixes reenactment, animation, interviews and archive footage. A gripping tale of terrible times structured around sandss decline, 66 days powers us through a sociopolitical maelstrom. Byrnes film is a sober, evenhanded recapitulation of sandss imprisonment.

Seeking the right to be treated as political prisoners rather than common criminals, irish republicans led by bobby. Filmmaker brendan j byrne explores the story of bobby sandss 66day hunger strike in the spring of 1981. As subtle and eventempered as a documentary about a selfstarving political martyr can possibly be, brendan j. Bobby sands documentary 66 days is an essential watch. A terminal hunger strike that caught the worlds attention and arguably helped shift the struggle for irish independence away from terroristic violence is recapped in bobby sands. Sands remains an opaque figure, but brendan j byrnes film makes a persuasive case that his 1981 hunger strike lead directly to the good.

Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing bobby sands. Read our faqs or reach out to our customer service. Sands married geraldine noade while in prison on robbery charges on 3 march 1973. Bobby sands 66 days most successful northern irish film in. 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. Telling the factual story of sands life for the first time, this unique film sets out how he became the architect. That concept is forcefully reiterated in brendan j. In 1981, an imprisoned irish republican army soldier went on a hunger strike that galvanized his movement and made him a controversial global icon. Robert gerard sands 9 march 1954 5 may 1981, commonly known as bobby sands, was a member of the provisional irish. But he looms large in the history of northern irelands decadeslong quest for selfgovernance, and brendan j. 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.

Drawing on an irish republican tradition of martyrdom, sands emotive, non. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. Sands death after 66 days marked a key turning point in the relationship between britain and ireland, and brought a global spotlight to the northern irish conflict which eventually triggered international efforts to resolve it. Telling the factual story of sands life for the first time, this unique film. Bobby sands and nine other menall prisoners at the infamous hblock in northern irelandstarved themselves to death over the course of. Bobby sands movie breaks irish box office records video. Drawing on firsthand testimony, previously unseen archive footage, sparing reconstructions and evocative animation, bobby sands. But 66 days is the first fulllength documentary about sands. Bobby sands 66 days has achieved the highest opening weekend ever at the irish box office for an irish made documentary.

Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. 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. An authoritative documentary about the ira hunger striker gets to the heart of its subject. Over 66 days, bobby sands hunger strike caused a ripple effect across the globe. The spine of the film is comprised of sands own words, drawn from his hunger strike.

Sands death after 66 days marked a key turning point in the relationship between britain. 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. Using extracts from bobby sandss diary, testimony and footage from. And the clichs begin genuine quick properly the movie really commences with statham kicking some a lot essential ass in a boss action sequence employing the backdrop of. The controversial documentary which is a portrait of bobby sands 66 day hunger strike has garnered much publicity and debate on both sides of the border. This is a film full of unanswered questions, or to be precise, unasked questions. Over 66 days, bobby sands hunger strike caused a ripple effect across.