War and Peace in Ireland (Part 4 of 9)

http://icarusfilms.com/new98/irel2.html " WAR AND PEACE IN IRELAND retraces the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 up until the present day peace process.

The principal events treated are the civil rights movement of the late 60's, the outbreak of a very long, costly war in 1969 and the birth of a peace process in the early 1990's that ultimately led to the IRA cease fires of 1994 and 1997; and to the current all party negotiations that offer the best chance for peace to the people of Northern Ireland in over a generation.

The film explores the complexity of this conflict by the use of archival footage, and through the portraits of political leaders who have lived these events and who have played an important role in the search for a peaceful resolution to the apparently interminable Irish "troubles."

The main protagonists of the film include: John Hume, leader of the moderate nationalist party the SDLP; Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA; John Taylor, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party - the principal loyalist formation; David Ervine, president of Progressive Unionist Party - political wing of the loyalist paramilitary organization the UVF; Albert Reynolds, former Prime Minister of the Irish Republic. Other major players treated with archive footage: former British Prime Minister John Major and the current Prime Minister Tony +Blair, and US President Bill Clinton.

The point of view of the "ordinary" people on both sides of the conflict (nationalist and loyalist) is also an essential part of the film. For these people the Irish Question is hardly an academic issue; it is a question of war or peace, of life or death. What they have endured and how they see the future is a major theme of this documentary.

"Emotion has always accompanied Arthur Mac Caig's films - laughing children, a flash of sunlight, a lamentation sungthrough troubled eyes." ­ Liberation

"An in-depth and moving retrospective of some thirty years of war." ­ Le Monde"

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[hawdehaw]

pity they didnt get thatcher the dirty wee cow

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

@gareth8013 what a way to find out...dad?

[gareth8013]

@donna12435 your mom likes to be fucked up the bum, shes such a dirty shag.

[gareth8013]

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT wanker your mothers a hooker



[gareth8013]

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT wanker your mothers a hooker

[keepeiretidy1916]

Cunt, is cunt, is cunt. I'm not polite, I'm a cunt.

[WAFCWALKER93]

@donna12435 well ive not heard from the "no surrender" IRA in a while, I wouldn't count on it.

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

@garethella One fucking spelling mistake because i was typing fast and an english douchebag has to point it out like he is superior. Your fucking country and you are going to hell for what your people have done. Of course you dont have a coherent response and cannot defend your nations history of colonialism so you come out with insults and telling people to suck your dick like a five year old child tries to win an argument. Have a nice day and I hope you get help. PS DONT FUCKING RESPOND

[garethella]

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT ,with all due respect you can suck my juicy bell end!!!! you seem incapable of stringing a coherent sequence of words together, if you are going to converse with me, learn how to do so properly (spelling 4 letter words correctly would be a start!!) and try and make some sort of point, remember if it wasnt for British imperialism ,your shit country would still be riddled with tee-pees and head dresses, so as i said before,come and suck my dick ,you filthy slag. :)

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

Yes the bitch will die of natural causes and then she will go directly to hell. Fuck the english. I have a drink everytime one of yoru fucking soldiers die. If someone is elected by the fucking people they deserve to fucking serve moron. You dont liek democracy move to North korea. Its doesnt scare you that someone can oppress you and when you stand up for yourself yoru called terrorists and your supporters votes are thrown out the window. Why when saddam did it it was wrong but england its OK?