BLOODY SUNDAY

James Nesbitt, Tim Pigot-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley

Paramount Classics; Directed by Paul Greengrass

2002

On January 30, 1972 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, thirteen local Irish civilians were killed by British soldiers. They had gathered for a peaceful civil rights march against Catholic discrimination in the North. The march was going as planned until a small group broke off from the rest and began rioting. They were assaulted by members of the British Army who began shooting live rounds into the crowd even though they had been instructed to use only water-cannons, rubber bullets and CS gas. This event spawned a cycle of violence that has torn the country apart to this day.

PROMOTION IDEA:

Have a history professor on your campus discuss this historical event with information from several points of view.