Hunger (2008) focuses on the 1981 hunger strikes by Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. Bobby Sands is one of a group of prisoners who first “took to the blanket” with a “dirty protest” in pursuit of their claims for recognition as political prisoners. Sands is the first prisoner to embark on a hunger strike and displays the conviction and solidarity for the Irish struggle that transcends the individual.

2008 | Ireland | Steve McQueen | 96 min

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