Silent Grace(Movie, 2001)

Silent Grace is a critically acclaimed feature film written and directed by Maeve Murphy and was made no. 38 in The Irish Times Best 50 Irish films ever made list on 2 May 2020. 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. It is inspired by Nell McCafferty's The Armagh Women and based on the play/screenplay "Now and at the hour of our Death" that Murphy co-wrote with theatre company Trouble and Strife. Silent Grace stars Orla Brady, Cathleen Bradley, with Cara Seymour, Dawn Bradfield, Carol Scanlan, Conor Mullen, and Patrick Bergin. It received completion funds from The Irish Film Board. Silent Grace was chosen as the UK entry for the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 but as it previously screened in the Cannes market in 2001, it could not be considered any further for competition. The film premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh 2001. It then was selected for the Taormina, Moscow, Foyle, Dinard and Hamptons International Film Festival USA (nominated for the Conflict and Resolution Award). A small cinema release followed in UK/Irelan... ()