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Hunger is a 2008 dramatic film directed by the famous Turner Prize winning visual artist Steve McQueen. It chronicles the last six weeks of the life of Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Volunteer and poet. Sands was an incarcerated IRA prisoner in Britain in 1981 and he staged a hunger strike while imprisoned in the infamous Long Kesh Maze Prison. He is played by Michael Fassbender in the film. The strike lasted six weeks and was an attempt by the IRA strikers to gain recognition as political prisoners and to get improvements to the prison's conditions. 'Hunger' is unofficially separated into three parts. The first section deals with the initial incarcerations and the prisoners 'no wash' protests. The second section is the highlight. It is a single unmoving shot showing a conversation between Sands and a priest visiting the prison. In their discussion sands explains his moral reasons for the hunger stike. The third part deals with the hunger strike itself. The film itself proved controversial when it was shown at Cannes, causing both shocked walkouts in the audience as well as rousing ovations. The film won the Camera D'or award. It is currently available in a special edition DVD release from the Criterion Collection.moreless
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