• Director(s):

    GAILLARD (ALEXIA)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, EX-NIHILO

  • Territories:

    Europe.

  • Production year:

    2020

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

After the Bloody Sunday massacres, Northern Ireland was in the midst of a civil war and IRA attacks were on the increase. Gerry Conlon was the victim of an expeditious justice system that was looking for people to blame, and this 19-year-old Irishman spent 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
 
 

When he was eventually released in 1990, Gerry Conlon told his story in his book, “Proved Innocent”. He went on to become an active campaigner against miscarriages of justice. He worked for the release of British prisoners held by the Americans at Guantanamo. He died in 2014.
 
Adapted for the cinema in the film “In the Name of the Father” (1993), directed by Jim Sheridan.