this weekend events will be held in londonderry and around the world to mark the 50th anniversary of lovely sunday, when the british army shot dead 13 people during a civil rights demonstration. it was one of the darkest days of the northern ireland conflict. now a new play, based on the victims stories, is due to premier in the city. our island correspondent chris page been finding out more. this image is a defining symbol of humanity omits the horror of plenty sunday. the priest, father edward daly, waving a handkerchief is a white flag to try to protect jackie duddy, whose wounds turned out to be fatal. the stage show, which gets its name from the picture, is moving, evocative and compelling. taste moving, evocative and compelling. 7 take back the streets, we take back law and order! you take back the streets, we take back law and order! take back the streets, we take back law and order! you murder innocent men, and law and order! you murder innocent men. and boys! law and order
were filled with, you know, cannibal holocaust and driller killer and all these films that were illegal but suddenly they were, kind of, available. but also it s about the way in which horror cinema and horrorfiction is really a place in which you can find yourself and which is, kind of, weirdly redeeming and i say this as somebody i ve been a horrorfan all my life it s lovely to see a film about horror made by somebody who loves horror, rather than a film made about horror by somebody who thinks, oh, it s all disgusting and nasty. it s a really, really smart movie. prano bailey bond is a terrific filmmaker. niamh algar s central performance in this is great. there s a really brilliant performance by michael smiley, and i think that anybody could find something in this, but if you are of a certain age and if you grew up with a great nostalgia for the time when the witch who came from the sea was available in your local disreputable video store, this will absolutely hit the nail
this is a feature debut. brilliantly put together. it s a story set during the 1980s video nasties scare. i watched this thinking this is a film made for me! and it s about a censor who starts watching video nasties and seeing in them something more than she expected. the film is, on the one hand, a nostalgic invocation of that particular time when video just began and the video stores were filmed with all these films that were illegal but suddenly they were available, but also it s about the way which horror cinema and her affection is a place in which you can think for yourself and which is weirdly redeeming, and i say this as somebody i m a big horrorfrom all my life it s lovely to see a film about horror made by somebody who loves horror rather than a film made about horror by somebody who thinks, oh,
and i don t know whether you re a horror film fan? not so much. 0k. so in that case, it s not a horror film, it s a ghostly thriller with a solid political underpinning and you ll absolutely love it. that s, you ve sold it to me! you should see it, it s really good. and romola garai, we know her from our screens. is this herfirst. it s her directorial feature debut, she s done some shorts before. i interviewed herjust recently because the film played at fright fest, which is a horror film festival, cos she s a total horror fan. she knows horror inside out and you can tell when you see this, i mean, this has references to andrzej zulawski s possession and films that, really, only horror fans know, but i think anyone could watch this, and if you re not a horrorfan, it s not a horrorfilm. laughter. it is, but, you know, it s a ghostly chiller. i ve heard you! what else have we got? sing 2. sing made 600 million worldwide, so now we have sing 2. so in sing. i wonder why. yeah, i know, it s
full on altered states weird. and i loved it. i thought the performances were great, i thought it was very wry and very funny. it s very grounded. i mean, it s about gender politics and it s very, very grounded in the kind of gender war playing out within the house. you never know what a character s motives really are. brilliant soundtrack by sarah angliss, this is the first film that she s scored. fantastic soundtrack using human voices, and really creepy, and i don t know whether you re a horror film fan? not so much. 0k. so in that case, it s not a horror film, it s a ghostly thriller with a solid political underpinning and you ll absolutely love it. that s, you ve sold it to me! you should see it, it s really good. and romola garai, we know her from our screens. is this herfirst. it s her directorial feature debut, she s done some shorts before. i interviewed herjust recently because the film played at fright fest, which is a horror film festival, cos she s a total horror fan. she