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The Irish questions
MARIA DUARTE recommends a thought-provoking revenge story interrogating the causes and consequences of the 1847 great famine

Black 47 (15)
Directed by Lance Daly

 

IN A tale of revenge and redemption, this bleak and powerful Western-style drama explores the brutality, oppression and ruthlessness of British rule in Ireland.

 

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