Liam McMahon, left, and Brian Milligan, right, portray prisoners in director Steve McQueen's compelling take on the IRA hunger strikes of 1981
Published On 22 Nov 200822 Nov 2008
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Demanding to be treated as political prisoners, hundreds of inmates on the Maze Prison's notorious H Block embark on a series of protests. They all fail until one prisoner, Bobby Sands, begins a hunger strike
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Director Steve McQueen says he wanted people to "hear, feel and smell" the Maze Prison's notorious H Block
Actor Michael Fassbender, who plays Bobby Sands in the film, explains that they did not set out to make a political film but "wanted to explore this idea of using your own body as a weapon and how that is very much relevant to today"
Stuart Graham portrays a prison warden in the film, which aims to portray the rituals of violence in the Maze Prison
Actor Stuart Graham explains how H Block affected the prison officers as well as the prisoners