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Resistance (2019)

Resistance poster
Directed by
Catherine Morshead
Genre
historical television series, espionage television series
Country
Ireland
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows characters dealing with the Irish War of Independence around the time of Bloody Sunday in 1920. It continues the story from the earlier series Rebellion.

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What happens

Resistance (released as Rebellion Season 2 on Netflix) is a 2019 television miniseries written by Colin Teevan for Irish broadcaster RTÉ, dramatising the events surrounding the Irish War of Independence. Set during the time of Bloody Sunday in 1920, it is a sequel to the 2016 mini-series, Rebellion, which was set during the 1916 Easter Rising. In Netflix's 2025 presentation of this series, Resistance is shown as season two of Rebellion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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