Some Mother's Son [DVD] [1996] [2016]

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Product Description Kathleen Quigley (Helen Mirren) is shocked when her son is captured after a run-in with British troops in Northern Ireland. A life-long pacifist, she finds herself caught up in the political conflict when her son goes on a hunger strike. Together with Annie Higgins, the mother of another prisoner, she must make a stand before her son dies for his beliefs. Synopsis Two women battle to save their sons' lives when they become caught up in the tragic Irish hunger strike of 1981.