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Black '47

1. Black '47

Drama Historical Drama
6.8

20181h 40min

Belgium, Ireland

Director: Lance Daly

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.

Themes

Class inequality, Eviction and displacement, Colonial oppression, Famine-driven suffering, Landlord-tenant conflict, Emigration as escape

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