|  On
30th January 1972, British soldiers shot dead 13 unarmed civilians
taking part in a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland.
The event, Bloody Sunday, was a major turning point in the history
of the modern Irish troubles, catapulting a low intensity conflict
into a civil war, driving many young men into the ranks of the
IRA and fuelling a 25 year cycle of violence. Bloody Sunday follows
the march organisers, the police, British soldiers, as well as
civilians from both sides of the religious sectarian divide, but
focuses in particular on the stories of two young men: Ivan Cooper,
an idealistic Civil Rights leader, and Gerry Donaghy, a 17 year
old Catholic rebel, who yearns to marry his Protestant girlfriend,
but who is drawn into violent confrontation with the soldiers.
Winner Golden Bear (2002 Berlin Film Festival)
Winner Audience Award (2002 Sundance Film Festival)
Cast
James Nesbitt
Allan Gildea
Gerard Crossan
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