H3 (film)

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H3
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Directed by Les Blair
Written byBrian Campbell
Laurence McKeown
Produced byJames Flynn
StarringBrendan Mackey
Mark O'Halloran
CinematographyOwen McPolin
Edited byNiamh Fagan
Music byRay Harman
Distributed byMetropolitan Films
Release date
  • 15 July 2001 (2001-07-15)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryIreland
Languages English
Irish

H3 is a film released in 2001 about the 1981 Irish hunger strike at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland, the events leading up to it, and subsequent developments in the prisoners' struggle for Prisoner of War status. It was directed by Les Blair and was written by Brian Campbell and Laurence McKeown; McKeown was a former volunteer in the Provisional IRA who participated in the hunger strike.

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Awards

The film was nominated for four awards and won one of them, the Golden Rosa Camuna award at the Bergamo Film Meeting.