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Great Britain History Elizabeth II, 1952- Drama Great Britain Politics and government 1979-1997 Drama Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981 Drama Irish Republican Army Drama Man-woman relationships Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) Drama Military deserters Prisoners Death Drama Sands, Bobby d. 1981 Drama SpainFilter By Subjects
Great Britain History Elizabeth II, 1952- Drama Great Britain Politics and government 1979-1997 Drama Irish Hunger Strike, Northern Ireland, 1981 Drama Irish Republican Army Drama Man-woman relationships Maze Prison (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) Drama Military deserters Prisoners Death Drama Sands, Bobby d. 1981 Drama SpainSummary: This stirring and poetic depiction of a feud between two rival medieval clans is a fierce, epic, and meticulously designed evocation of the clashes between Christianity and Pagansim, humankind and nature, and love and violence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MARSummary: The Georgians' repeated efforts at building a fortress against invaders fail until a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LEGSummary: In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Spain, 1931 is a politically divided nation and on the brink of war. With allegiances torn between Republican and Traditionalist factions, Fernando, a disillusioned soldier, has chosen a third option, going AWOL. Fate intervenes during his escape when he meets Manolo, an admiring land owner who sees himself mirrored in the young man and welcomes him into his home, a home inhabited by Manolo's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Films 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BELSummary: In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, 27-year-old Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. A transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure in order to be heard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009