A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot (2017)

Directors

Sinéad O'Shea

The story

The film mostly takes place in Creggan, a housing estate in Derry. Filming began in 2012, after Philly O'Donnell had received a punishment shooting, allegedly for drug dealing. The family is part of a dissident community where paramilitary offshoots of the IRA are active, police and governmental help is rejected, and problems are "dealt with" from within.

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