H3

H3 — Plot

'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...

• Release date
• April 10, 2001
• Runtime
• 88 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Les Blair

H3 — Cast

Brendan Mackey Seamus Scullion Dean Lennox Kelly Ciaran

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Aidan Campbell Declan Tony Devlin Madra

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Kevin Elliott Liam Mark O'Halloran Bobby Sands Eddie Robinson Pat

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Sean McDonagh Proinsias