Walled City Stories

Directed by Diana Coryat

Unexpected Openings: Northern Ireland's Prisoners

Directed by John J. Michalczyk
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  • Walled City Stories

    Directed by Diana Coryat.
    US, 1997, digital video, color, 30 min.

Produced by Catholic and Protestant teens from Northern Ireland and two African-American youth from New York City for the Global Action Project, Inc., this video documentary examines the nature of sectarian violence by drawing comparisons between the struggles of African Americans in the United States and of Catholics in Northern Ireland.

  • Unexpected Openings: Northern Ireland's Prisoners

    Directed by John J. Michalczyk.
    US, 2000, digital video, color, 60 min.

hot on location in the Maze and Crumlin Road prisons in Northern Ireland, John J. Michalczyk’s video documentary details the ways in which internment helped shape the political consciousness of prisoners on both sides of the divide since the outbreak of the "troubles" in the late 1960s. Interviews with former prisoners tell the story of how paramilitaries forced into confinement came to understand the limitations of violence and the necessity of peaceful dialogue across the divide.

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