Sunday Bloody Sunday (film) Schlesinger's previous film "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), which portrayed its gay characters as alienated and self-loathing, as well as other gay-themed films of the era, including "Boys in the Band" (1970) and "Some of My Best Friends Are..." (1971). The film was released a year before the 1972 massacre of unarmed Northern Irish civilians by the British Army in Derry, Northern Ireland, an event dubbed "Bloody Sunday". Set in London, the film tells the story of a middle-aged Jewish doctor, Daniel Hirsh (Peter Finch), and a divorced woman in her mid-30s, Alex Greville (Glenda Jackson), who are both involved in an
Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Lennon and Yoko Ono song) Protestant who had lived in Ulster for more than 300 years was [sic] scandalous, naive and even racist. Lines like 'You anglo pigs and scotties sent to colonise the North', 'Repatriate to Britain all if you who call it home' or (worst of all) 'Internment is no answer, it's those mothers' turn to burn' simply weren't worthy of Lennon, especially with his concern with racial problems, and his earlier avowed pacifism. Lennon donated the royalties from "Sunday Bloody Sunday" to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland. The personnel on the recording were: Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Lennon and Yoko