Author / Director: Reconciliation with the IRA, 5:00 min., for ZDF sonntags, January 2004. Production: Surridge Films
The mid-’80s saw the peak of violence between Protestant Britain and the IRA, militant wing of the Irish republican party Sinn Fein. Nearly every day British institutions were the target of bombings and often they were fatal. This only increased the hatred between Protestants and Catholics. But there are exceptions. There is hope to this conflict which isn’t over to this day. Jo Berry, daughter of IRA victim and a member of the conservative Tory party, Sir Anthony Berry and Pat Magee, IRA bomber who spent many years in prison meet. They try to come to terms with the past and thus make a big step towards a more peaceful future. A difficult and painful encounter for both.