The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice: Film Release  

Derry's Bloody Sunday Trust and the Rainbow Collective have announced the public  release of 'The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice', a new film telling the full story of Bloody Sunday. 

In the film, family members and activists tell the story in their own words.

“Bloody Sunday was a massacre of people who were marching for justice for their  fellow citizens which was compounded by state lies, propaganda and cover up…”  Tony Doherty, son of Patrick Doherty, murdered on Bloody Sunday 

“It was an anti-internment march. It was a peaceful protest march. It was  attacked by the British parachute regiment. The civil rights movement, peaceful  protest, died…” John Kelly, brother of Michael Kelly, murdered on Bloody Sunday 

From the seeds of dissent sewn in the discrimination of the old Unionist regime, through the crime of  Bloody Sunday itself, and beyond into the fight for justice and the eventual release of the  Saville Report and the quest for prosecutions, the story is told by those most intimately  affected and involved. 

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Tony Doherty, Chair of the Bloody Sunday Trust, described the film as ‘outstanding’,  saying: “It was great to work with Hannan and Richard from the Rainbow Collective on this  outstanding film. When they suggested the idea to us last summer we could immediately  see the potential in it, and that they were the right people to make it. 

“They have managed to capture the essence of the Bloody Sunday families’ fight for  justice and present it in a way that everyone can see.

“It was vitally important to record and present this story now and have so many of those  who were directly affected by Bloody Sunday and centrally involved in our struggle for  justice recount their experience in their own way. We really look forward to the public  reaction to this film, and hope that our struggle can continue to be an inspiration to others  who have faced injustice.” 

'The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice' was produced by the  Rainbow Collective (To Kill a War Machine, https://www.rainbowcollective.co.uk) and the  Bloody Sunday Trust.

It is 100 minutes.

First public screenings 7.30pm, April 1 to 4, Brunswick Moviebowl.

To organise a screening please contact  info@museumoffreederry.org.