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In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America

    • Director

      Maurice Fitzpatrick

    • Credits

      Writer: Maurice Fitzpatrick

  • Category

    Documentary

Exploring the decades-long campaign by Nobel Prize winner John Hume to secure peace in Northern Ireland, Maurice Fitzpatrick reveals how Hume, inspired by Martin Luther King and rising from the riot-torn streets of Northern Ireland, enlisted an army of heavy-weight international heads of state to the cause.

Narrated by Liam Neeson and scored by Bill Whelan (Riverdance), this feature-length documentary includes interviews with Presidents Clinton and Carter, US senators and congressmen, as well as Irish leaders, and British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and John Major. At a time of political instability, this is a timely film examining steady leadership and international co-operation.

Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn

90 minutes, Ireland, 2017, Colour

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