Documentary

WE DID WHAT HAD TO BE DONE

Many Irish women view their involvement in the Northern Ireland conflict—the Troubles—as an emancipatory endeavor. Sometimes acting independently of the men, they built bombs, went on hunger strikes, smuggled weapons, and served prison sentences. In Friederike Berat and Ulrike Ertl’s interview film, which features both pro-British unionists and pro-Irish republicans, everyone is aware of the power of that brief, albeit turbulent, freedom.