I recently watched a film callled 'Hunger' directed by an artist Steve Mcqueen. The film follows the last 6 weeks of the hunger strike in 1981 by republican idol Bobby Sands. Its an amazing film, with an epic scene that is 17 and a half minutes long! With only one stationary camera take, its the longest shot recorded in a feature film. Find out more about Hunger here. So, anyway, the film, alongside the current shootings in NI got me interested in the history of the IRA and the Real IRA and other such sectors and got me talking with a guy on my course-Dave Tallon. Dave is from Dublin and we discussed the recent attacks on the soldiers at Massereene Barracks and he got on to mention a film about 'The Guildford 5'.
Having gone to college in Guildford, I was shocked to think that a film of such depth had been made about an incident in the town. I may be the only one who not to hear of this sooner, but for those who never heard of the Surrey IRA attacks, you can read the BBC post of the event here. It was quite a shocking read as it was so close to home.
The film in which Dave mentioned is 'In the Name of the Father' and stars Daniel Day Lewis. You can find out about this movie here. The Guildford 5 was the title given to the 5 people falsely accused over the Guildford bombings in 1974. The 5 were bullied by British police into making a guilty plea and consequently spent 15 years in jail trying to prove their innocence. They were only released after advances in tecnology exposed vital evidence.
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