H3 (film)
H3 is a film released in 2001 about the 1981 Irish hunger strike at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland, the events leading up to it, and subsequent developments in the prisoners' struggle for Prisoner of War status. It was directed by Les Blair and was written by Brian Campbell and Laurence McKeown; McKeown was a former volunteer in the Provisional IRA who participated in the hunger strike.
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| Directed by | Les Blair |
| Produced by | James Flynn |
| Written by | Brian Campbell Laurence McKeown |
| Starring | Brendan Mackey Mark O'Halloran |
| Music by | Ray Harmon |
| Cinematography | Owen McPolin |
| Edited by | Niamh Fagan |
| Distributed by | Metropolitan Films |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English Irish |
Cast
- Brendan Mackey as Seamus Scullion
- Dean Lennox Kelly as Ciaran
- Aidan Campbell as Declan
- Tony Devlin as Madra
- Kevin Elliot as Liam
- Mark O'Halloran as Bobby Sands
- Sean McDonagh as Proinsias
- Fergal McElherron as Francis Hughes
- Mark McCrory as Morton
- Dan Gordon as Simpson
- Gerry O'Brien as The Governor
Awards
The film was nominated for four awards and won one of them, the Golden Rosa Camuna award at the Bergamo Film Meeting.
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