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in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight the good friday agreement was signed brokering a peace deal between republicans and unionists in northern ireland. nearly a decade later al-jazeera visited belfast to explore ongoing divisions in the city . the film you're about to see was first broadcast in two thousand and seven. there's not be a lot to laugh about in northern ireland over the last forty years the old mantra for god and our stuff has a new twist these days the fact that it's now possible to make a joke about it is

a sign of the changing times in northern ireland. and yet in many respects belfast the capital of northern ireland remains a divided city the physical evidence is there for all to see. the modern history of has been dominated by one thing the troubles. and conflict both political and religious between those claiming to represent the predominantly catholic nationalist of those claiming to represent the mainly protestant unionists. broadly speaking the nationalist more so-called republicans want northern ireland to be unified with the republic of ireland while the unionists wanted to remain part of the united kingdom along with england wales and

. i think this conflict was possible. for people of my community and i think of taking the problems to the theatre and you can achieve nothing ever said by people civil rights and human rights people that are in marched on the streets i'm repeating off the streets and then the british army come in. there catholics and isis here actually had no basic human rights the had no for the rights they had all those raids taken away from. us in nineteen ninety eight all the political parties signed up to the good friday agreement breaking three decades of deadlock it established a power sharing assembly and paved the way for the withdrawal of british troops on the disbanding of paramilitary groups. after many false starts the assembly assumed its full power in may two thousand and seven the sworn enemies of

yesterday unionist leader ian paisley and the republican leader martin mcguinness became first minister and deputy first minister. of what northern ireland has now is not so much peace as an absence of conflict far from disappearing the walls have grown instead of reconciliation there is partition and tempered stalemate of separate identities and separated lives there is huge pressure surgery in very large particularly the working class groups whose. kids go to school in different show. after schooling of course in school it would just not mix. consequence of the wounds in the wounds the segregation divisions were there before the war and the movies kind of fit into that and the further segregation was continued from there so we're now in

a situation where there's more. of the peace process and there was a conflict. segregation is a fact of life of life and of over thirty five years of trouble. and people aren't going to get over the very very quickly or very easily. the first of the so-called peace began the bomb was rolled out by the british army to separate the warring communities in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine. from then on they became common and complex today there are believed to be forty one deliberate across belfast we estimate that about half of all the parents have either been there and you will have been explained. in some way.

in your. most notorious burial was the one between the warring communities of protestant shanksville and catholic road the flash point of recent years has been the separates. an isolated catholic enclave in east belfast from the surrounding area. in two thousand and two it was the scene of the riots in the city since the start of the peace process. a catholic lives with his family in. shadow of the short strands wore as vivid memories of what. there was. on the smaller of short straw. and. a lot of it because

a tree or the top of this particular spot because this was seen as a formal spot on the wall was a lot of time. here we love. the whole everyone. destroyed. of our. students and both came true. both in. two thousand people were hurt i mean. covered up. every day it was very dark going. to not just me it was. lives with her family place the other side of the wall the protestant side i actually moved in here in the troubles in two thousand today because. other people in here had children. and they were paid by the people next door and when

you need people to move in here that want to free it eleven here so i. and i moved in. she was at my head in the back and it was just and the allies over there. said their manual. talk on the radio. this is. the wall here between the two communities has become the focal point of this conflict this is not a spot between neighbors but the battle line of a war between two traditions two denominations where. them mentality still. exists they nearly killed us. what can we do the police don't stand up for us we did sandra people obey commands they attacked them back they went home and now. they have to be shown that we are not by ourselves that other

people. to command and protect us they have a sense of insecurity they've had it for four hundred years here they still feel that they need the wall to keep their foothold they have got away with getting their own way. ten years from the. government has give give give them all the time. time they want to squash our culture our politicians have no choice but to go. with. the bitterness felt by the protestant majority. being compounded by the feeling that their own politicians have let them. be tribal leaders rather than statesman above the their own communities and they defended their own communities

interests as opposed to looking at the broader needs of the wider community is. the difficulty and as with an staunch from moralist areas or songs we republican areas . they feel a sense of betrayal because the politicians they would never share with republicans for example. and all of a sudden. on the receiving side laughing and smiling. politics. a lot of them are here that is a step backwards. even today politicians in the new northern ireland assembly still look asian we seem locked into their old mindset. with.

she represents the main republican party. the first republican to. still exists between. the. future of. subscribe to.

it is this. grade through the street. of belfast but this is no carnival bending on which side you're on the marching season is either celebration for all of the patients. or the marches the victory of the protestant king william of the irish catholics in

sixty ninety was at the very core of their conviction that they are and will always remain part of the united kingdom. is very much a way of life a cultural expression of a person's a especially from the problem community. it's a celebration of a bubble which took place over three hundred years ago at the ball and. it's celebration expression of freedom expression of liberty expression for tornadoes. and something which is not on a level to american independence day to. the celebration of the boston and france to the celebrations which we have and see and many other countries where people celebrate their liberty. for staunchly warless people know this i'm a libertarian about were against the catholic church basically it's part of their cultural identity. for the wider unionist community i think it is. a

symbol of the right on to bring not a strong as someone else made them it's a very. hot from a catholic perspective the drums on triumphalist gestures calculated to keep all wounds open. you have to understand where we're really coming out of a complex situation there are people here eleven and those areas that have been murdered by loyalist paramilitaries and i think that it's insulting for them to have to have to watch an orange create that a school bombers all fly less primal trees and since you know it's it's very hard for us in the state to take us. on both sides of the postes is ever present. more than three centuries ago. time has not been.

officially the conflict in. many of the sectarian. towering. trees over the six hundred sixty ninety. when the hate symbols chiefly irish flags go up in flames.

and. told. the pope. you will see a visible sign. and if straight. scottish flags not from a foreign country. the

symbolism doesn't always take the form of flag waving some of the writing on the walls that have divided. have been raised beyond propaganda to an art form with its roots in another country. conflict. but five years ago by the locals i was. well into the peace process they were trying to say was future generations. of the characters because i remember. funerals of palestinian young people killed in the west bank and at the funerals of a carry pictures of these people and i thought i would like to know who that person is what they represent why did they do this such a young. and i think it's also transmitted into. the spheres this young man young woman they asked the question why. a republican who honed his

talent well serving time in the maze prison is now involved in the on like. the son of one of the best known protestant loyalist leaders. who in the past chronicled the troubles each on his own side of the walls come together to bring a new message to the city in a northern ireland separation has generally become more entrenched since the end of hostilities it's a remarkable act of collaboration and. possible tam. fifteen years ago it just would not be now and i would never consider the notion ten or fifteen years will actually be an ally possible to be a possible through the work that our people of the on the ground. as she is carried on through miss out on the army which is an engagement that needs to happen at

every level of society in my community the walls were used it was all the through the censorship what was the deal with being with a she's the one else. would focus on. what the images you see in our walls reflected the feeling. within our communities so we were too and we were vehicles for fear or anger or frustration is taking place within our unfortunately community the murals were used. by like different things. that were used to mark territory by groups and organizations through a fair channel rated by the political leadership of the tank. i believe that my community must an opportunity we're here also concerned. now the two men are determined to use the murals as a force for unity rather than division. mark and danny's hope is that their own writings on the wall may dismantle those of the walls the virtual ones that have

been erected over the decades. we met accidentally. but there's also many buyers and from the people holding people back and if those can be programmed that my kids my grandkids can meet up with people from mars to move them and their fame to see if i got sick a chemist was so inspired as was his wall start to fall trying to change people's main sets because that's where the party or success than the making. but for both men optimism unrealism finely balanced we don't know hopefully even a small part of the we can add something to it it's the hope that will made. we're not boss we're french but let's try definitely worth a little. but whatever progress may be made at this individual level some parts in the communities are still bent on division and the moment there's

a decision waiting to be implemented to him to build a fence just a couple of miles from where we are now around to score between two communities we need to get to a situation where there's no more barrier is being built and not only that the idea of building the barrier is considered to be unacceptable. the lesson of northern ireland is the dismantling a wall is far harder than erecting it wars are indicative not just of division but of mistrust in belfast the day the walls come down is still a long way. they wanted to straight and may get a day reacted in the process. i am not going to justify anything else i love my country i love my culture a lot. just. the

way i would do their heads as a toyota before to measure what spiritual for. nearly a decade after this film first ad we return to belfast to catch up with danny devaney he's still painting the city's walls so what is your focus on a shop that's right across the arts it will know no toilets be where they are. you may be having a look over a certain name towards a solo artist problem see a projection light up the straw. that the political work of danny and his nearest brethren have become world famous but some of that can. this is a disappearing. in twenty sixteen the fast rule began to come down here and the catholic republican area of joint. ministers have vowed that all the rules will be demolished by twenty twenty three. the demolition of the are

doing will is a symbolic milestone but not all of its structure has actually come down yet. danny meets local residents to find out why they were here at the residence to feign see if we need to be in a certain spirit when they made secure because they're the ones you know but if you look further down the road you'll say another part of the wall that was put up. on the back of people's homes so what does sachs what it was about this strike that the that more people at the minute just don't face see it for that article. let's just get the stats were. there to. the people. when the. join is an area historically notorious for violence. fear that these conflicts may continue to flare up today leads many to seek protection behind the walls but some residents believe that barry is not the solution to

today's troubles. where they were for cheap. with those. you know a lot of people told us the troubles will do you. look at. the profile that it's. protection. but that they really get your protection. all the sectarianism still exists the government is now attempting to give the city and new image. encouraging artists like danny to find new subjects for them. and then. they want to. he put aside his office and he's still collaborating with protestant mirror nest mark of fine see always a strong. sound very good rather than call the reimaging the should of called it reinvention because really outs what they're trying to do the trying to reinvent

those communities but nothing ever really hop on here you know run to as tommy says sort of sweep it on the carpet i don't enjoy going about him or injury or understand thoroughly what's there. as well as remembering the struggles of the past danny believes murals should reflect the community's aspirations for a peaceful future. if the murals are changed it is because the main set of the people and his community st p. and the students of. today that painting for northern ireland's next generation. i think it's our form which should be to be part of the solution we use and talents for that's what they are to try and say it's our kids who. struggle and politics can solve when they come to us all through dialogue why choose from all the.

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