Bobby Sands: 66 Days

Name: Bobby Sands: 66 Days
Genre: Biography, History, Documentary
Released: November 30, 2016
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 71

2016

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| Release Date: November 30, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: In the spring of 1981 Irish Republican Bobby Sands’ 66-day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. Drawing on an Irish Republican tradition of martyrdom, Sands’ emotive, non-violent protest to be classified as a political prisoner became a defining moment in 20th century Irish history. Sands’ death after 66 daysIn the spring of 1981 Irish Republican Bobby Sands’ 66-day hunger strike brought the attention of the world to his cause. Drawing on an Irish Republican tradition of martyrdom, Sands’ emotive, non-violent protest to be classified as a political prisoner became a defining moment in 20th century Irish history. Sands’ death after 66 days marked a key turning point in the relationship between Britain and Ireland, and brought a global spotlight to the Northern Irish conflict which eventually triggered international efforts to resolve it.… Expand

Director: Brendan Byrne

Genre(s): Biography, History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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The Playlist Oktay Ege Kozak

Nov 30, 2016

Not only is Bobby Sands: 66 Days allows us to put together a great double feature with “Hunger,” it’s also an incredibly important and profoundly inspiring historical documentary that will become more and more relevant as we prepare to once again face the kinds of oppression that Sands fought against. Read full review

Noel Murray

Nov 29, 2016

The emotional reserve of 66 Days can make the film feel a little dry at times, given that it’s about something as visceral as a man starving himself to death. But Byrne does a fine job of juggling a lot of information. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Nov 27, 2016

This finely crafted docu may well long stand as the most balanced among such treatments, as it respectfully examines Sands’ folk-heroic legacy rather than simply amplifying it. Read full review

Kenji Fujishima

Nov 27, 2016

Brendan J. Byrne's documentary about Bobby Sands colors its familiar formal lines with welcome intelligence. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Nov 29, 2016

Mr. Byrne’s film is a sober, evenhanded recapitulation of Sands’s imprisonment and death that places him in a historical context. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Mark Dujsik

Dec 1, 2016

For its own part, Bobby Sands: 66 Days doesn't reclaim its subject's humanity. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Aug 15, 2016

Sands is still an opaque figure by the end of this film. We have his sombre writings and journals but, interestingly, there are hardly any clear photographs, and we learn little about him as a human being. Read full review

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geewah

Jan 6, 2021

What ever you think of Bobby Sands and "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland, this is an insightful doco into more than just the man.

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