Project Detail

H3

Synopsis

H3 is set in the H-Blocks of the Maze Prison in the North of Ireland during the period, early January 1981 up to the death of Bobby Sands on hunger strike on 5 May 1981.

Seamus Scullion is the man chosen to select the names of his fellow prisoners in the H3 prison block who are ultimately prepared to die for what they believe in.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Features
Running time
87 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Les Blair
Producer
James Flynn
Editor
Niamh Fagan
Screenwriter
Brian Campbell, Laurence McKeown
Director of Photography
Owen McPolin
Sound
Daniel Birch
Composer
Ray Harmon
Principal cast
Brendan Mackey, Dean Lennox Kelly, Aidan Campbell

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Metropolitan Films

Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road
Bray, Co Wicklow
Ireland

T +35 3 1276 9528

metro@iol.ie

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