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PA 01/05/02 21:47 Bloody Sunday Relatives First To See Film
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Bloody Sunday Relatives First To See Film
PA 01/05/02 21:47
Copyright 2002 PA News
By Helen Morgan, PA News
Relatives of those killed by the horrific events of Bloody
Sunday 30 years ago this month were set to be the first
to view a special preview of a film of the event in
Londonderry today.
The documentary, dramatising the shootings on January 30, 1972,
is to be shown to the families of the dead and those injured before
a second showing for residents of the town, followed by a gala
screening in the evening for stars and politicians.
Nationalist MPs Martin McGuinness, John Hume and Gerry
Adams are all expected to attend the third showing at the
Millennium Forum alongside actors James Nesbitt and Tim
Pigott-Smith.
The film, shot in documentary-style hand-held form, covers the
24 hours around the tragic events of Bloody Sunday which left
13 civilians dead when British paras opened fire during a civil
rights march.
It centres on Ivan Cooper, head of the civil rights movement
and MP for Londonderry, played by James Nesbitt. Soldiers
who marched on the day will play themselves in the documentary.
The dramatisation will be screened on ITV on Sunday January
20 before debuting at cinemas on February 1.
Event organiser Pete Daly explained this unusual move, saying:
"The film makers wanted to resurrect all the issues and get as
many people to watch the feature as possible.
"But we wanted the families to see it first."
As to the neutrality of the film, Daly said the film "doesn't
sit on the fence" and should provoke lively discussion but
"everything can be backed up".
He said: "It portrays the viewpoint of the director Paul
Greengrass who is English and has no bugbear on either
side, but it doesn't sit on the fence.
"It is quite controversial but everything can be backed
up and it does show the army and the marching side.
"What we want to do is to get people to discuss it,
30 years after it happened."
Greengrass, who made the Bafta-award winning drama
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, has said the film would
be "non-partisan, dispassionate and humane".
The film has been given a quarter of a million-pound grant from
a new fund to encourage homegrown box office smashes from
the National Lottery.
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The inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday is expected to
report late in 2003 or early 2004.
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