Hunger
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
DramaHistoryprisonpolice brutalityprisonerhunger strikebiographynorthern irelandira (irish republican army)belfast, north irelandcatholic priest1980s
A stark, unflinching portrait of political resistance and bodily degradation, where a hunger strike becomes both intimate ordeal and historical statement.
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
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