ReMastered: The Miami Showband Massacre

I grew up during the troubles, even had bomb attacks in more than one home town. At the time we were fed news stories that the IRA were monsters, and the British authorities were protecting us the best they could. Then Maggie Thatcher let the special forces run rampant with her blessing, murder and execution without trial became state sanctioned. Little did we know; It turns out that we'd already been at it for a decade before, patsy's and intelligence plots and plans were already in the armoury and being used to the max. Let's remember, MI6 trained the CIA in their early days. The shame and anger I feel is very real, my distrust of Labour and Tory leaders all the more amplified, after all, these are privileged politicians exacting plans on the powerless and innocent for some kind of political advantage. Ken Livingstone, an outside member of the ruling elite raised questions he was poo poo'd for, but was dead right. Steven Travers, the bass player and relentless pursuer of the truth has almost, finally, been vindicated and proven right. I really hope he has his day in court pointing a finger at the guilty. And I hope that he's joined by all of the discredited British intelligence operatives that spoke out because they knew it was crooked and wrong, submitting detailed reports that proved as much, but were ignored and then discredited by the British authorities. I am a British subject, and I feel nothing but guilt.

Documentary focusing on the 1975 murder of three members of the Miami showband by the UVF and British military at the Northern Ireland border. The documentary is mainly narrated by the two survivors of the band who were present at the bombing/shooting. The doc focusing on the event and uncovering who orchestrated the attach and why. With the contentious times between the uvf and ira in Northern Ireland; it appears that the event was intended to get government officials to close the border. The doc is well put together and provides insight into the killings, background on the surrounding conflict, and interviews with people in the militaries.

I believe this came in at around 70 minutes in length. It feels sort of in-between a true documentary and something that VH1 would have put out back in the day. The jump to the massacre is very quick - - I actually would have liked to known more about the band itself. The concept of what an Irish showband was was foreign to me. The claim of them being the Irish Beatles (which I'm not sure if even the surviving members considered to be valid) really isn't established. For me it was on the 6/7 border in terms of rating - - nudged it to the higher of the two because of the humanity of Stephen Travers, which in many ways becomes what the documentary is truly about.

Poignant documentary covering the senseless atrack on Ireland's top showband, recounted by surviving members. The loss of life for the murdered was one thing but the effect on the surviving was also tragic.

If people still wont believe that secret part's of government agencies in the western world (MI5/CIA), won't kill the innocent to push agenda's on the public, this may change their minds!