Made by the Derry Film & Video workshop as part of C4’s initiative to support collective filmmaking around the UK, the film was indefinitely shelved by the broadcaster when one of the participants, Mairead Farrell, was killed by the SAS in Gibraltar shortly after the film’s completion. It has become a teaching point on censorship ever since, which glosses over the film’s remarkable ability to reflect prominent Republican women’s nuanced feelings on ‘Mother Ireland’, the symbol of Irish Nationalism personified as a woman.

Screening as part of the 22nd Belfast Film Festival. Please note: all tickets are sold via the Belfast Film Festival box office. If you have any access requirements please get in touch with the box office before booking: boxoffice@belfastfilmfestival.org.

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