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H3 (2001)

H3 poster
Directed by
Les Blair
Genre
drama film, prison film
Country
Ireland
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland who demand political status. It shows their decision to go on a hunger strike and the events leading up to it.

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What happens

H3 is a film released in 2001 about the 1981 Irish hunger strike at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland, the events leading up to it, and subsequent developments in the prisoners' struggle for Prisoner of War status. It was directed by Les Blair and was written by Brian Campbell and Laurence McKeown; McKeown was a former volunteer in the Provisional IRA who participated in the hunger strike. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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