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Steve McQueen: Hunger
Turner Award-winner Steve McQueen’s directorial debut, "Hunger," is based on the 1981 IRA hunger strike in Northern Ireland's infamous Maze prison.
By Elvis Mitchell • • 30m ListenDaring and assaultive, the work of artist
Steve McQueen forces us to ask questions about the way we inhabit space. The Turner Award-winner has moved into feature films with his directorial debut,
, based on the 1981 IRA hunger strike in Northern Ireland's infamous Maze prison. McQueen (
Bear,
Drumroll) has won several awards for
the film, including the prestigious Camera D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.