Human Rights Film Series presents Hunger

Date(s)
Monday 24th November 2014 (18:15-21:00)
Description

 

Date: Monday 24 November 2014

 

Time: 18.15

Location: B63, Law and Social Sciences Building (LASS)

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw7WJLZmVF4

Directed by Turner prize and Academy Award winner Steve McQueen, this powerful and provocative film features Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who in 1981 led the second IRA hunger strike and participated in the “no wash” protest in which Republican prisoners tried to regain the political status which had been revoked by the British government in 1976.

 

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure which is often employed to highlight conditions in detainment, including several widespread hunger strikes organized in Guantánamo Bay. While Hunger highlights an important historical instance of protest, it also raises a number of fundamental questions still being asked today surrounding imprisonment and human rights. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the utmost limit as well as the lengths some people are willing to go for their convictions.

 

Dr. Rory Cormac, expert on terrorism and counter-terrorism at the University of Nottingham School of Politics and International Relations, will introduce the screening and provide a wider context to the themes explored in the film.

 

 

 

 

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1599412363613056/

The Human Rights Film Series is a student-led Human Rights Law Centre Initiative. It shows engaging and provocative films which bring challenging human rights issues to life. The context of each film is briefly introduced by a relevant expert followed by discussion. Screenings are organized by a student committee and are free and open to all staff and students.

If there are any films which you would like to see showcased in the Human Rights Film Series, we welcome your suggestions at: hrlc.filmseries@nottingham.ac.uk.

 

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