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hunger, a film set in northern ireland in 1981, telling the story of hunger striker bobby sands reallyunched in 2008, and brought him many accolades. how do you feel being back on that time, being here on the french riviera, the centre of attention? it was amazing. again, there's nothing better than the first time. there's no — there was no expectation. and once the film had finished, we were ushered on stage, standing ovation for 20 minutes. michael fassbender was in tears. it was incredible. since hunger, steve mcqueen has made some memorable films, including the oscar—winning 12 years a slave. we retrieved this footage from the bbc�*s archives. it shows the nazi occupation of amsterdam, which lies at the heart of steve mcqueen�*s new film, 0ccupied city, inspired by a book his wife, film director bianca stigter, wrote, called atlas of an 0ccupied city. mcqueen and his wife live in amsterdam. his film is a door—to—door iteration of the horrors the nazis wrought, as well as a more contemporary portrait of the dutch city at the time of the pandemic. only one still image was given out t

the night, bobby sands... somebody somebody has done the research! the hunger striker had died.larly for those of you from northern ireland. this was an extraordinarily profound moment. an ira man in prison who starves himself to death to make a political point. margaret thatcher's government in a rage about it. impotent, though, because you always are in the case of a hunger strike and plenty of people who are not supporters of terrorism or violence or the ira who had some sympathy for it. and the truth is yes to the original question. people in derry, and particularly young men, lived and breathed that all day, every day. so when we were kind of playing in the casbah, a local pub that gave us a residency, the last thing the a0 or 50 people are peers, 17,18,19 years old, the last thing they needed on a friday night was us lecturing them about politics and injustice. outside the casbah, there was a british army checkpoint, so all they had to do was step out the door. but when it came to that particular event, here is a man, a citizen of the united kingdom, that has just starved