Cast
James Nesbitt 
Tim Pigott-Smith Nicholas Farrell
Credits
Written by: 
Paul Greengrass
Plot
A recreation of the events of 30 January 1972 in Derry, when British paratroopers shot dead thirteen unarmed civil rights marchers.
Sinekatalog’s take
Paul Greengrass's docudrama recreates the Derry killings of 1972 in a gripping, handheld style. Urgent and angry, it avoids easy villains and lets the tragedy unfold with devastating immediacy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (26,934 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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