HungerA 2008 film from British visual artist and first-time feature length film maker Steve McQueen, Hunger is about the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze prison, in which IRA volunteers were held without any sort of political status, as that was stripped from them by the British government in 1976. Led by Bobby Sands (Michael Fassbender), the prisoners strike first with a "no-wash" strike, in which they don't wash or shave and get as dirty as possible (much to the prison guards' displeasure), and then they build up to the hunger strike - in the meantime, the guards are depicted as savage monsters, mistreating the prisoners at every opportunity. Full of strong acting, especially from Mr. Fassbender, and filmed with style and interesting directorial choices from Mr. McQueen, Hunger isn't exactly easy watching, but it is a very well made and incredibly interesting film, and definitely worth checking out.
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