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Guerrillas by Seamus Deane

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Seamus Deane’s beautiful poem probably derives from the experience of a child in the port city of Derry, encountering the foreign sailors and witnessing the city’s response to them.

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White Box

An agreement to set up an Independent International Commission on Decommissioning is signed by the B

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Four Days in July (or Hot Potato)

Mike Leigh presents the story of two expectant mothers from the Falls Road and Shankill Road areas of Belfast in the lead up to the births of their children (and the 12th July). One woman is Catholic, the other is married to a UDR member, and the film poignantly examines their different attitudes towards the prospect of parenthood in such a troubled environment. Original transmission: BBC1 29/01/1985 (95mins) This was the last film Leigh made for

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