Bloody Sunday (2002)

The film tells the story of Bloody Sunday - January 30, 1972 - as it unfolded over one day, chronicling the arrival of thousands of British troops in the tense and crowded streets of Derry in Northern Ireland and the simultaneous preparations by civil rights leaders for a nonviolent but forceful march that was to make the case for Irish self-determination. It focuses in particular on two stories, that of march organizer Ivan Cooper, a Protestant in the Catholic sector with a fervently-held belief in the need for peaceful change, and Gerry Donahue, a Catholic rebel with a Protestant girlfriend who might be settling down but is drawn into the struggle. The day tragically ended with British troops killing thirteen unarmed civilians, and it changed the course of history.