THE Queens Film Theatre is to host a Q&A with director Brendan J.Byrne, following a screening of Bobby Sands: 66 Days.
The film will run at the cinema based at Queen’s University from Friday August 5 until Thursday August 18.
The Q&A, chaired by political columnist and commentator Alex Kane, will be held following the 6.20pm screening on Saturday August 6.
Bobby Sands: 66 Days is based around extracts from the late republican's prison diaries as read by west Belfast actor Martin McCann.
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It employs a combination of archive news footage, custom animation and dramatic reconstruction to depict Sands's incarceration and set his actions within a wider political and historical context.
The film features interviews with fellow republicans including Gerry Adams, Danny Morrison and Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane, plus contributions from Margaret Thatcher's biographer Charles Moore, former Conservative MP Norman Tebbit, former prison officer Dessie Waterworth and journalist Fintan O'Toole.
The documentary has been branded ‘divisive’ by Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott who said plans to screen the movie in Enniskillen were "in bad taste".
"He was a terrorist and a criminal and I don't think it is in good taste showing it in Enniskillen, but obviously that's a decision for the company.
"He created huge divisions when he was alive, clearly it's going to be the same now again," Mr Elliott said.
