Some Mother's Son

Overview

Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

Release Date

13 September 1996

112 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Kathleen Quigley
Annie Higgins
Gerard Quigley
Frank Higgins
Bobby Sands
Farnsworth
Harrington
Danny Boyle
Alice Quigley
Father Daly
Inspector McPeake
Theresa Higgins