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A former IRA bombmaker is forced to come out of retirement when her daughter is kidnapped and held to ransom. [81] Based on the novel by Stephen Leather. [82] 2001 Television film Shamrock and Swastika: Brendan Culleton, Irina Maldea Examination of the Irish Republican Army's collaboration with the Abwehr during World War II. [83] 2001
LiveLeak, a UK-based video sharing website that lets users post and share videos (often of reality footage, politics, war, and other world events), is founded. 2006 December Companies Youku, one of China's top online video and streaming service platforms, is founded. [24] 2007 January 15 Products Netflix announces that it will launch streaming ...
Thriller. Based on a novels The Killing of Yesterday's Children, Lonely the Man Without Heroes and A Darkness in the Eye. 1992 United Kingdom Civvies: Karl Francis: Drama. 1993–96 United Kingdom Circles of Deceit: Geoffrey Sax Nicholas Laughland Alan Grint Peter Barber-Fleming 1995, 1998–2007, 2016, 2018–2023 United Kingdom Ireland Give ...
In some cases, a film's copyright has lapsed because of non-renewal while the underlying literary or dramatic source is still protected by copyright; for example, the film His Girl Friday (1940) became a public domain film in 1969 because it was not renewed, but it is based on the 1928 play The Front Page; as a practical matter, the film could ...
Mighty Ira is a 2020 documentary film by Nico Perrino, Aaron Reese, and Chris Maltby. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The film profiles the life and career of Ira Glasser , who was executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1978 to 2001.
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to anti-imperialism through Irish republicanism , the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic free from British colonial rule.
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
Martin McGartland is a 21-year-old street hustler in Northern Ireland in the late 1980s. The Irish Republican Army wants to recruit him, but he is reluctant because of what he sees as their cruel street justice. Because of his connection to the community, the British police want him to infiltrate and spy on the IRA. Marty agrees because of the ...