'H3' is a universal story of endurance and courage set inside Europe's most secure prison, the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. Here, in H3 - the bleakest of all the H-blocks - a group of young republican prisoners hold out for what they believe in, refusing to be labeled as criminals or co-operate with prison authorities. However, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is determined that these Republican prisoners will be treated like all the other common criminals in British jails, ending a special regime which allowed the inmates political status to organise life inside the jail along POW lines. The republican prisoners immediately start a 'no-wash' protest, refusing to wear prison-issue clothes or perform work duties, a protest which results in their being locked in their cells for hours on end without exercise, recreation, reading materials and with only blankets to wear for heat...
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Brendan Mackey
Seamus Scullion
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Dean Lennox Kelly
Ciaran
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Aidan Campbell
Declan
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Tony Devlin
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Kevin Elliott
Liam
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Mark O'Halloran
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Eddie Robinson
Pat
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Sean McDonagh
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Packy Lee
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Andrew Porter
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Fergal McElherron
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Gerry Doherty
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Les Blair Director · Laurence McKeown Writer Ray Harman Composer
First release April 10, 2001 · Produced in Ireland, Portugal · Languages English, Irish
Production
Rosa Filmes
Production
Metropolitan Pictures
Production
Ireland · Portugal
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Irish
Release dates
Italy · April 10, 2001
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