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Introduced by film director Sian McIlwaine
On September 25 1983, 38 Republican inmates executed the largest prison breakout in British history, violently breaching the supposedly escape-proof walls of HM Prison Maze.
Armed with smuggled guns and a meticulously engineered plan, their escape delivered a staggering blow to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s government.
Prison Break: Escape from the Maze is a gripping, minute-by-minute cinematic documentary which includes interviews with both escapees and former prison officers, many speaking publicly for the very first time. They provide raw, highly detailed accounts of the claustrophobic build-up, the chaotic afternoon of the breach, and the lasting personal cost of working and living inside a concrete flashpoint.
Told with the pacing of a cinematic thriller and enriched by rare archival material, the film is a nuanced, gripping and deeply empathetic examination of memory, ideology, and human survival.
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Director, Prison Break: Escape from the Maze
Sian McIlwaine is a BAFTA nominated Producer/ Director who specialises in documentaries about complex personal stories which try and make sense of our world today. She was a Producer/Director on Once Upon A Time in Northern Ireland and was selected to take part in the BBC’s prestigious New Directors Initiative. Sian went on to produce and direct Our War: 10 years on. She has most recently directed a 90-minute feature documentary for BBC Two and BBC NI; Prison Break: Escape from the Maze.