Synopsis

Set in Londonderry in 1970, this gripping drama is by the acclaimed author ofFaith HealerandTranslations, explores the ongoing Irish "troubles" that plague the country to this day. An unauthorized Civil Rights March has been dispersed and three demonstrators, two young men and a middle-aged mother of 11, take refuge in the Town Hall. Hysterical rumor inflates the trio to 40 armed rebels and they are besieged. When they surrender they are shot.