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				::: CREDITS ::: Producer / Director Brendan J Byrne. ::: TRANSMISSION DETAILS ::: 1 x 60 minutes for BBC One Northern Ireland. TX 2006. ::: SYNOPSIS ::: A return to hands-on programme-making for Hotshot Films' MD Brendan Byrne. This film tells the story of Richard Moore, who was blinded with a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier in 1972. Richard was 10 at the time and now runs the international charity Children in Crossfire. Richard has made a great success of his life, and in one way views his blindness as a gift. 'I'm not a victim any more,' he says. Nevertheless, an opportunity to have a controversial operation to restore his sight has arisen and he's going to go for it. Richard also wants to meet the soldier who shot him. He feels no bitterness towards the soldier but rather says that he feels that half the story of that day 32 years ago is unknown to him - the soldier's story. It's a gripping human story with a charismatic character at its heart. The film also may have a wider significance for Northern Ireland as a whole. The issue of how we deal with past wrongs is a hot one, and to an extent underlies our political impasse. Can we, or should we, try to move beyond them?


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