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The Ballymurphy Precedent: Directed by Callum Macrae. With Kevin-Barry Brown, Noel O'Brien, Callum Janes. The Ballymurphy Precedent tells the unknown story of the death of eleven innocent people at the hands of the British Army in a Catholic estate in Belfast in 1971.
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- Callum Macrae
- 2018
Jun 23, 2021 · Bobby Clarke was the first person to be shot by the British Army on the first day of a shameful and tragic event almost fifty years ago, now known as the Ballymurphy Massacre. Clarke survived, but 10 unarmed and innocent people from the same nationalist estate in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, died from gunshot wounds.
The Ballymurphy massacre was a series of incidents between 9 and 11 August 1971, in which the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment of the British Army killed eleven civilians in Ballymurphy, Belfast, Northern Ireland, as part of Operation Demetrius (internment without trial).
Sep 18, 2018 · In August, 1971, British army soldiers shot dead 10 unarmed Catholics, including a priest and a mother of eight, in the West Belfast housing estate of Ballymurphy. An 11th victim died of a heart attack after a confrontation with an army patrol.
The Ballymurphy Precedent is powerful forensic investigation of one of the worst atrocities of the Northern Irish “Troubles”. A shocking story which, until this film, was largely unknown outside of the North of Ireland.
Sep 18, 2018 · In his new documentary film The Ballymurphy Precedent, Pulitzer Center grantee Callum Macrae pulls back the curtain on a tragic coverup in British-Irish history.
May 14, 2024 · Told through witness testimony, forensic investigation, innovative reconstruction techniques and powerful, engaging storytelling, this documentary film tells of the killings of ten innocent...
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