Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
The story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland is told by the ordinary people on both sides whose lives it changed forever. Intimate testimonies of those drawn into the hostilities, both willingly and unwillingly, are intertwined with archival footage to create a portrait of a place shaped by over three decades of conflict.
The story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland is told by the ordinary people on both sides whose lives it changed forever. Intimate testimonies of those drawn into the hostilities, both willingly and unwillingly, are intertwined with archival footage to create a portrait of a place shaped by over three decades of conflict.


Tensions between Catholic and Protestant communities explode in 1968 after decades of relative peace. The British Army...

By 1972 a deeply segregated society has emerged. Catholic and Protestant working-class communities find themselves...

The devastating impact of the IRA hunger strikes is explored through the stories of three women. Tit-for-tat killings...

Fourteen bloody days in March 1988 mark a new level of harrowing savagery. Tensions rise as the British police and army...

In 1993, a bomb on a busy Saturday leads to a week of gruesome tit-for-tat violence. The desire for change propels the...