A new documentary about Republican leader and Maze Prison hunger striker Bobby Sands will be released in Irish cinemas this summer after it is premiered at a prestigious Canadian film festival in May.
Bobby Sands: 66 Days, a new film by prolific Irish director Brendan J Byrne, is described as “a cinematic portrait of the Irish Republican martyr’s epic 66-day hunger strike.” The 100-minute film will have its first screening at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Sands’ death on May 5 1981.
According to the makers of the film, the narrative spine of Bobby Sands: 66 Days is comprised of Sands’ own words, drawn from his hunger strike diary, eye-witness testimony, unseen archive, reconstructions and animation.
