Prison officer Raymond Lohan prepares to leave work; he cleans his bloodied knuckles, checks his car for bombs, puts his uniform on, and ignores his comrades.Davey Gillen, a new IRA prisoner, arrives; he is categorised as a "non-conforming prisoner" for his refusal to wear the prison uniform. He is sent to his cell naked with only a blanket. His cellmate, Gerry, has smeared the walls with faeces from floor to ceiling as part of the no wash protest. The two men get to know each other and we see them living within the cell. Gerry's girlfriend sneaks a radio in by wrapping it and keeping it in her vagina.Prison officers forcibly and violently remove the prisoners from their cells and beat them before pinning them down to cut their long hair and beards, grown as part of the no-wash protest. The prisoners resist, Sands spitting into Lohan's face, who responds by punching him in the face and then swings again, only to miss and punch the wall, causing his knuckles to bleed. He cuts Sands' hair and beard; the men throw Sands in the bathtub and scrub him clean before hauling him away again. Lohan is then seen smoking a cigarette, as in the opening scenes, his hand bloodied.Later, the prisoners are taken out of their cells and given second-hand civilian clothing. The guards are seen snickering as they are handed to the prisoners who respond, after Sands' initial action, by tearing up the clothes and wrecking their cells. For the next interaction with the prisoners, a large number of riot police are seen coming into the prison on a truck. They line up and beat their batons against their shields and scream to scare the prisoners, who are hauled from their cells, then forced to run the gauntlet between the lines of riot police where they are beaten with the batons by at least 10 men at one time. Lohan and several of his colleagues then probe first their anuses and then their mouths, using the same pair of latex gloves for each man. One prisoner head-butts a guard and is beaten brutally by a riot officer. One of the riot officers is seen crying while his colleagues, on the other side of the wall, brutally beat the prisoners with their batons.Lohan visits his catatonic mother in a retirement home. He is shot in the back of the head by an IRA assassin and dies slumped onto his mother's lap.Sands meets Father Dominic Moran and discusses the morality of a hunger strike. Sands tells the priest about a trip to Donegal where he and his friends found a foal by a stream that had cut itself on the rocks and broken its back legs. Sands drowned the foal and tells the priest, although he got into trouble, he knew he had done the right thing by ending its suffering. He then says he knows what he is doing and what it will do to him, but he says he will not stand by and do nothing. The rest of the film shows Sands well into his hunger strike, with weeping sores all over his body, kidney failure, low blood pressure, stomach ulcers, and the inability to stand on his own by the end. In the last days, while Sands lies in a bath, a larger orderly comes in to give his usual orderly a break. The larger orderly sits next to the tub and shows Sands his knuckles, which are tattooed with the letters "UDA". Sands tries to stand on his own and eventually does so with all his strength, staring defiantly at the UDA orderly who refuses to help him up, but then he crumbles in a heap on the floor with no strength left to stand. The orderly carries him to his room. Sands' parents stay for the final days, his mother being at his side when Sands dies, 66 days after beginning the strike.The film explains that Sands was elected to the United Kingdom Parliament as MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone while he was on strike. Nine other men died with him during the seven-month strike before it was called off. 16 prison officers were killed by paramilitaries throughout the protests depicted in the film. Shortly afterwards, the British government conceded in one form or another to virtually all of the prisoners' five demands despite never officially granting political status.
Question: What do the riot police come into the prison on?, Answer: a truck Question: Who are the prisoners handed to?, Answer: the guards Question: What is the name of Davey's cellmate?, Answer: Gerry Question: What does Lohan do to Sands?, Answer: He punches him Question: What does Sands do in protest?, Answer: He spits in Lohan's face Question: What did Sands discuss with Father Dominic Moran?, Answer: They discussed the morality of the hunger strike. Question: What position was Sands elected to?, Answer: MP Question: What are the prisoners given when taken out of their cells?, Answer: second-hand civilian clothing Question: What do the officers do to the prisoners after pinning them down?, Answer: Cut their long hair and beards Question: Who did Sands discuss the morality of a hunger strike?, Answer: Father Dominic Moran Question: What type of police come into the prison and a truck?, Answer: Riot Question: Who punches the wall?, Answer: Lohan Question: Who was with Sands when he died?, Answer: His parents Question: Are the guards serioius all the time?, Answer: no Question: How are Lohan's hands described?, Answer: As bloodied Question: What did Sands do to the fowl he found?, Answer: He drowned the fowl Question: How many men run the gauntlet at a time?, Answer: 10 Question: Are the prisoners ever taken out of their cells?, Answer: yes Question: What did the orderly have on his knuckles that he showed Sands?, Answer: He had tattoos on his knuckles spelling UDA. Question: What kind of sores did Sands have all over his body?, Answer: Weeping Question: How many prison officers were killed?, Answer: sixteen Question: What happened when the prisoners were removed from their cells?, Answer: They are beat, pinned down, and their hair and beards are cut off. Question: Who shot Lohan?, Answer: an IRA assassin Question: What are the guards seen doing?, Answer: snickering Question: What does Raymond Lohan clean?, Answer: His bloodied knuckles Question: Why do the prisoners have long hair and beards?, Answer: As part of a no-wash protest Question: Who spits in Lohan's face?, Answer: Sands Question: What was tattooed on the larger orderly's knuckles?, Answer: UDA Question: How does Gerry's girlfriend sneak a radio into the prison?, Answer: She wrapped it and hid it in her vagina. Question: When did Sands die?, Answer: He died 66 days after the beginning of the strike. Question: Who is given second hand clothing?, Answer: prisoners Question: How long did Sands live after the beginning of the hunger strike?, Answer: 66 days Question: What is Lohan seen doing at the end?, Answer: Smoking a cigarette