The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice: Film Release
Family members and activists tell the story in their own words in the film
Derry's Bloody Sunday Trust and the Rainbow Collective have announced the public release of 'The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice', a new film telling the full story of Bloody Sunday.
In the film, family members and activists tell the story in their own words.
“Bloody Sunday was a massacre of people who were marching for justice for their fellow citizens which was compounded by state lies, propaganda and cover up…” Tony Doherty, son of Patrick Doherty, murdered on Bloody Sunday
“It was an anti-internment march. It was a peaceful protest march. It was attacked by the British parachute regiment. The civil rights movement, peaceful protest, died…” John Kelly, brother of Michael Kelly, murdered on Bloody Sunday
From the seeds of dissent sewn in the discrimination of the old Unionist regime, through the crime of Bloody Sunday itself, and beyond into the fight for justice and the eventual release of the Saville Report and the quest for prosecutions, the story is told by those most intimately affected and involved.
Tony Doherty, Chair of the Bloody Sunday Trust, described the film as ‘outstanding’, saying: “It was great to work with Hannan and Richard from the Rainbow Collective on this outstanding film. When they suggested the idea to us last summer we could immediately see the potential in it, and that they were the right people to make it.
“They have managed to capture the essence of the Bloody Sunday families’ fight for justice and present it in a way that everyone can see.
“It was vitally important to record and present this story now and have so many of those who were directly affected by Bloody Sunday and centrally involved in our struggle for justice recount their experience in their own way. We really look forward to the public reaction to this film, and hope that our struggle can continue to be an inspiration to others who have faced injustice.”
'The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice' was produced by the Rainbow Collective (To Kill a War Machine, https://www.rainbowcollective.co.uk) and the Bloody Sunday Trust.
It is 100 minutes.
First public screenings 7.30pm, April 1 to 4, Brunswick Moviebowl.
To organise a screening please contact [email protected].