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The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike in which Republican prisoners tried to win political status. It dramatises events in the Maze prison in the six weeks prior to Sands’ death.
Events
March 1st , 1981, Bobby Sands begins a hunger strike
May 5th , 1981, Bobby Sands dies as a result of his refusal to eat
Directed by Steve McQueen
Starring Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon