Silent Grace
is a feature film written and directed by Maeve Murphy. It is about friendship
and survival. A fictional story based on real events, covering the untold story
of Republican women prisoners’ involvement in the 1980/81 Dirty Protest and
first Hunger Strike.
Aine a young
tear away criminal is thrown into the same cell as Eileen, a high-ranking
Republican woman leader. At first at odds, Eileen helps save Aine’s sanity. An
unlikely friendship develops between them as Aine joins the protest and Eileen
helps her to survive. In a remarkable turnaround of events when Eileen embarks
on a hunger strike, Aine risks all to help save her life...
It is
inspired by Nell McCafferty's The Armagh Women and adapted on the
play/screenplay "Now and at the hour of our Death" that Murphy
co-wrote with theatre company Trouble and Strife.
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