Ocras (2006)

This film commemorates the 25th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike in Northern Ireland, where ten men, including elected MP Bobby Sands, died after a protest for political status in prison. The events united Irish nationalists and significantly impacted relations between the British government and Irish Republicans, drawing international condemnation of the British government's handling of the situation and ultimately leading Sinn Féin to enter electoral politics, where they now stand as the largest party in Northern Ireland. The film reveals this extreme prison protest through firsthand accounts from key figures and witnesses. *Ocras*, made in Irish for TG4 in 2006, is comparable to *The Hunger Strike* broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland in the same year.