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

Genre

Northern Irish Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Metropolitan Films

Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road
Bray, Co Wicklow
Ireland

T +35 3 1276 9528

metro@iol.ie

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