Unquiet Graves
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Patrick Buchanan
Chris McMahon
Andrew McNeill
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| Directed by | Seán A. Murray |
| Written by | Seán A. Murray |
| Produced by | Seán A. Murray |
| Starring | Chris Patrick-Simpson Patrick Buchanan Chris McMahon Andrew McNeill |
| Narrated by | Stephen Rea |
| Cinematography | Kevin Treacy |
| Edited by | John Phillipson |
| Music by | Declan Gallen |
Production company | Relapse Pictures |
| Distributed by | Journeyman Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Language | English |
Unquiet Graves: The Story of the Glenanne Gang is a 2018 documentary film about The Troubles in Northern Ireland.[1]
Unquiet Graves was filmed in Dolby Surround 7.1 in a 16:9 ratio. The film was based on work by the Pat Finucane Centre, Justice for the Forgotten and Anne Cadwallader's book Lethal Allies.[2] John Weir was a major contributor. Northern Ireland Screen contributed £5,000 to the production. In response to questions about the funding of the film, Murray stated that "The film was a socially committed project and most of the crew who assisted in the making of the film done so on a voluntary basis, including myself."[3]
Synopsis
Unquiet Graves discusses the activities of the Glenanne gang of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force, with the support and collusion of soldiers from the Ulster Defence Regiment and police officers from the Royal Ulster Constabulary, in Northern Ireland's Counties Tyrone and Armagh between 1972 and 1978.[4] They are accused of the murder of 120 Irish Catholic civilians in that period.[5][6]
One of the most notable claims in the film is that the UVF considered carrying out a massacre at a Catholic parochial school in Belleeks in retaliation for the 1976 Kingsmill massacre; supposedly, the idea for the attack came from British military intelligence, who wanted violence in Northern Ireland to "spiral out of control" in order to justify a severe military response, a "short and sharp process of cleansing out the IRA."[7][8]
Release
Unquiet Graves premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh at the Town Hall Theatre on 11 July 2018.[9]
The film had its pre-release premiere in Belfast on 21 February 2019.[7]
The film came to wider public attention when it was aired on the Republic of Ireland state broadcaster, RTÉ One, on 16 September 2020.[10][11]
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