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Hunger [2008 film] (2008)

by Steve McQueen (Director), Enda Walsh (co-Screenwriter)

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In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.… (more)
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  NovaNexus | Dec 18, 2015 |
It was a desperate business, and "Hunger" is a desperate film.
 

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McQueen, SteveDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Walsh, Endaco-Screenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Cunningham, Liamsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fassbender, Michaelsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcendent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.

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