NO GO- THE FREE DERRY STORY (Full film)

‘No Go’ picks up from just where the last film (’Battle of the Bogside’) left off. On the 14th August 1969 the British Army were deployed onto Northern Ireland’s streets for the first time, to relieve an exhausted RUC in the wake of the Battle of the Bogside. As they entered the city the troops were confronted with a ring of barricades surrounding the Bogside area and manned by the rioters, presenting them with an instant dilemma – to attempt to remove the barricades and provoke a confrontation, or to leave the barricades intact and allow the Bogside to remain beyond official law & order? August 2006 Open Reel Productions Ltd for BBC, NIFTC, Irish Film Board: Feature documentary, which followed on from ‘Battle of the Bogside’ and takes up the story from when the British Army arrived on the streets of Derry. Screened on BBC1 NI on Weds 6th September 2006, repeated January 2008. Seagate Foyle Film Festival, Derry (November 2006 Premiere) Würzburg International Film Festival, Germany (January 2007- shortlisted for ’Best Documentary’) Magners Irish Film Festival, Boston, USA (November 2007) Grierson Documentary Awards, London (November 2007-nominated for ’Best Historical Documentary’) IFTA 2007, Dublin (January 2007- shortlisted for ’Best Documentary’) New York ’Craic’ Film Festival, USA (March 2007) FOCAL Awards, London (May 2007- nominated for ’Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production’) Clones Film Festival, Ireland (October 2007) Producer/ Director: VINNY CUNNINGHAM Writer/ Producer: JOHN PETO An ‘OPEN REEL PRODUCTION’ for BBC Duration: 59 minutes