If you loved The Wind That Shakes the Barley, try Bloody Sunday
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the gut punch mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Wind That Shakes the Barley, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Bloody Sunday is
Battle of Algiers without Algiers. In 1972, a peaceful march for civil rights in Northern Ireland turns into a bloodbath when British soldiers open fire on unarmed protestors. Greengrass offers no easy answers in this stark recreation.

