Some mother's son
Terry George
Could you stand by and watch your son starve himself to death for his beliefs ? Or would you go against his wishes and save his life even though it meant the defeat of the cause he was willing to die for ? In 1981, twenty-one Irish mothers faced that dilemma when their sons went on hunger strike to get the British Government to recognize them as political prisoners rather than as common criminals. Some Mother's Sound tells the story of two such mothers, Kathleen Quigley and Annie Higgins, ordinary Irish women from different backgrounds, forced to the centre of an epic struggle between British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and IRA prisoners led by Bobby Sands.
With : Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David O'Hara, John Lynch
Screenplay : Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Image : Geoffrey Simpson
Music : Bill Whelan
Screenplay : Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Image : Geoffrey Simpson
Music : Bill Whelan
Terry George originates from Northern Ireland. He began his career in the United States in the field of journalism and has written a play, "The Tunnel", which tells of an attempt to escape a Northern Ireland prison. This play has been staged by Jim Sheridan at the Irish Arts Center in New York. Terry George's scenario of "The Name of the Father", for which he collaborated with Jim Sheridan, has allowed him to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay. He has recently written a comedy, "The Belles Lettres Paper".