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Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories

Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories

1996•55m
Documentary

The women of Belfast played a unique role in holding together their families and communities during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Filmed during the fragile 17-month paramilitary cease-fire, Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories looks at the challenges facing women trying to put their direct experience of grassroots problems on the agenda of the established political parties. Their strength, first exhibited on the community level, started to reach a wider public.

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Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston

Narrator (voice)

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