Satisfying Debut Film On Maze Hunger Strikes

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Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen makes his narrative feature-film debut with a harrowing recreation of the hunger strikes of the early 80s in the Maze Prison just outside Belfast.

Based on a screenplay co-written by playwright Enda Walsh, Hunger is distinguished by McQueen's meticulous eye for detail and his steadfast refusal to paint characters as heroes, villains or martyrs.

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Satisfying Debut Film On Maze Hunger Strikes

Parallels with Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib are apparent, challenging our morality about the treatment of prisoners.

Violence beget...

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