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197998 minPGdocumentary

6.7/ 10(10 ratings)• TMDB

Geopolitics Civil Rights Social Justice Warfare Terrorism

The Patriot Game

197998 minPGdocumentary

6.7/ 10(10 ratings)• TMDB

A vivid exploration of Ireland's turbulent history and the IRA's struggle.

Geopolitics Civil Rights Social Justice Warfare Terrorism

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Parkpoom Wongpoom

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A vivid exploration of Ireland's turbulent history and the IRA's struggle.

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Parkpoom Wongpoomdirector

Parkpoom Wongpoomwriter

Jirassaya Wongsutinwriter

Tossaphon Riantongwriter

Nat Kitcharit

Nat Kitcharitcast

Synopsis

Recounts Ireland's history from British colonization to the territory's division in 1922, then from 1968 details a decade of events through images and eyewitness accounts of killings and such massacres as the infamous "Bloody Sunday" as the IRA argues their cause.

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