Bobby sands 66 days 2016 film completed

Hot docs has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the hotdocsfest youtube channel. Sands died a slow 66 days later, after winning a seat as a uk mp from his cell in the maze prison. Structured around sandss decline, 66 days powers us through a sociopolitical. The spine of the film is comprised of sands own words, drawn from his. 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 gb. Byrnes film is a salutary reminder of those grim and. Nov 16, 2016 the nationalist conflict is unresolved to this day, making bobby sands 66 days a subversive film. The documentary film is bookended by quotes from fintan otoole. Nov 29, 2016 but 66 days is the first fulllength documentary about sands. This clip from the upcoming feature length documentary bobby sands. Drawing on an irish republican tradition of martyrdom, sands emotive, non.

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. Using extracts from bobby sandss diary, testimony and footage from the archives, the. Its always funny to me how film buffs try to figure out the many cryptic plot points in. 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.

In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66day hunger strike brought the. Director of bobby sands film expects kneejerk reaction. At 17, bobby sands was interested in girls, soccer and music. Drawing on an irish republican tradition of martyrdom, sands. Nov 30, 2016 as subtle and eventempered as a documentary about a selfstarving political martyr can possibly be, brendan j. 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. Aug 17, 2017 hot docs has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the hotdocsfest youtube channel. Apr 28, 2016 video archive for the film bobby sands. This film had potential to present an unbiased view of the history leading up to bobby sands death and the political results of it, but chose to go down a staunchly onesided path, portraying sands as a martyr, a hero, a freedom fighter and an artist, while demonising the unionist side of the community im a firm believer that ni is one, not two communities. The film sets events firmly in context but the critique of the hunger strike, the decisions of the uk government and the protests long. The nationalist conflict is unresolved to this day, making bobby sands 66 days a subversive film. But the critique of the hunger strike, the decisions of the uk government and the protests long term effect is fairly lenient.

Byrne on allmovie in his 1981 prison hunger strike, bobby sands put. 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. Nov 30, 2016 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. Aug 02, 2016 there are moments of terrible sadness in 66 days, brendan j byrnes profoundly moving account of bobby sands hunger strike in the socalled h blocks of long kesh prison. Use our reminder system to get an email alert when bobby sands. Tommy mckearney ex hunger striker 53 days 1980 gave connolly. Using extracts from bobby sands s diary, testimony and footage from the archives, the. Apr 06, 2016 hot docs has received filmmaker permission to upload this trailer to the hotdocsfest youtube channel. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66day hunger strike brought. Director brendan j byrne on new bobby sands doc 66 days. Byrne, the film centres on the belfast ira activists fast to the death at the hblocks in the maze prisonlong kesh. At the same time, bobby sands is separated from the historical context by the constant positing of him as some kind of artist.

As subtle and eventempered as a documentary about a selfstarving political martyr can possibly be, brendan j. 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. Director brendan j byrne on new bobby sands doc 66 days the. Press eye belfast northern ireland 31st july 2016 brendan byrne, olivia byrne, sharon darby and greg darby are pictured at the film premiere of bobby sands. Would the likes of sammy wilson mp be won over by the finished work.

Filmmaker brendan j byrne explores the story of bobby sandss 66day hunger strike in the spring of 1981. The spine of the film is comprised of sands own words, drawn from his hunger strike diary, a unique insight into the man and his beliefs as he embarked on his final journey. Its neither an apologetic nor a rosetinted documentary. The film alternates between an uneasy sense of futility and the spiritual triumph granted in part by by hindsight, the triumph that appears to trump the relentless despair. See more ideas about bobby sands, irish and history.

Sandss sister, bernadette sands mckevitt, is also a prominent irish republican. This is a film full of unanswered questions, or to be precise, unasked questions. Bobby sands 66 days, a new film on the hungerstrike of. A gripping tale of terrible times structured around sandss decline, 66 days powers us through a sociopolitical maelstrom. This is so well done, even though as an american i lived through the times, it is so.

There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Bobby sands film 66 days a box office hit the irish news. 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. But 66 days is the first fulllength documentary about sands. There are moments of terrible sadness in 66 days, brendan j byrnes profoundly moving account of bobby sands hunger strike in the socalled h blocks of long kesh prison.

Controversy surrounding new bobby sands documentary bobby. In one he describes the 1981 hunger strike as drama at the absolute rawest edge it could possibly be. This clip from the feature length documentary bobby sands. It didnt have any problems that cooperation and togetherness couldnt solve.

Now, once wed almost finished the film, as you do with your funding. Oct 31, 2017 film maker brendan j byrne explores the story of bobby sands s 66 day hunger strike in the spring of 1981. The director of a new film about the life of hungerstriker bobby sands, 66 days, has said he expects there to be a kneejerk reaction from people before they even see the documentary. Bobby sands starved for 66 days in an irish prison in an attempt to gain. Filmmaker brendan j byrne tells the story of the 66day hunger strike conducted by provisional ira member bobby sands during the spring of 1981. A film about ira hunger striker bobby sands has become one of the most lucrative northern irish films ever. 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. 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. With this documentary, director brendan byrne doesnt try to find the man behind the iconic figure, so much as he attempts to uncover the. And while some of the animated sequences are well done, the editing is poor. 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. With gerry adams, michael alison, humphrey atkins, aram bakshian.

Journalist fintan otoole, a contributor to the film, believes that the tragic. In the spring of 1981 irish republican bobby sands 66 day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. 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. The film disrespects bobby sands and all the hunger strikers by removing their actions from the political context of the time. Byrnes film is a sober, evenhanded recapitulation of sandss imprisonment and death that places him in a historical.