
Silent Grace
Drama
Overview
In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell – on whose life much of the film seems to be loosely based – was the first woman Republican to be refused political status in 1976. By 1980, when the film is set, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and doggedly resolute: “There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime.” Silent Grace seeks to capture the struggle for the restoration of political status that was at the heart of prison protests in Northern Ireland – not just by the more celebrated male prisoners – but by a smaller number of women prisoners, led by Farrell, at the Armagh Women’s Prison.
Top Cast


Orla Brady
Orla Brady
Eileen
Orla Brady
Eileen
Cathleen Bradley
Cathleen Bradley
Aine Quinn
Cathleen Bradley
Aine Quinn


Conor Mullen
Conor Mullen
Cunningham
Conor Mullen
Cunningham


Cara Seymour
Cara Seymour
Margaret
Cara Seymour
Margaret


Rob Newman
Rob Newman
Father McGarry
Rob Newman
Father McGarry


Dawn Bradfield
Dawn Bradfield
Geraldine
Dawn Bradfield
Geraldine


Patrick Bergin
Patrick Bergin
Peter (as Patrick Connolly Bergin)
Patrick Bergin
Peter (as Patrick Connolly Bergin)


Michael Liebman
Michael Liebman
Warden Mark (as Michael Liebman)
Michael Liebman
Warden Mark (as Michael Liebman)
Marc O'Shea
Marc O'Shea
Kevin Wheelan
Marc O'Shea
Kevin Wheelan
Sarah Boyd-Wilson
Sarah Boyd-Wilson
Ann Bates
Sarah Boyd-Wilson
Ann Bates
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