Holy Cross (2003)

Directed by

Mark Brozel

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A television film about the 2001 Holy Cross dispute in Belfast. It follows the families and children of a Catholic girls school who face sectarian attacks from Loyalists while walking to class. The story focuses on the daily ordeal of the parents and pupils caught in the conflict.

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What happens

Holy Cross is a Northern Irish drama television film, directed by Mark Brozel and written by Terry Cafolla, and starring Zara Turner and Bronagh Gallagher. It premiered on RTÉ One on 8 November 2003, before receiving its broadcast on BBC One on 10 November 2003. The film is based on the events of the Holy Cross dispute of 2001, which affected the families and children who attended the Holy Cross Primary School, a Catholic school for girls, in the Ardoyne, Belfast area. The school, situated in a predominantly Protestant Loyalist area, led to an eruption of sectarian attacks against the pupils of Holy Cross, for which Loyalists targeted as a means of retaliation, claiming that it was a result of Catholics vandalising their homes and denying them access to local facilities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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