Sometimes it can be shocking just how recent some major historical upheavals are. The Troubles in Northern Ireland may be the subject of nostalgic feel-good comedy series Derry Girls, but it’s a deeply tragic, complicated, long-running conflict that was measured in decades, not years. But the end of the conflict, the Good Friday Agreement, was only signed in 1998, meaning it’s only really a generation away — far too vast and recent for culture to come to terms with everything that happened.
But one series now streaming on Hulu attempts to tell the story of the Troubles by focusing on one of its most fascinating figures: Dolours Price. The activist and member of the IRA, the Provision Irish Republican Army, Price gets the spotlight in Say Nothing, which goes far beyond even the activism that made her famous — we see how she changed the world even after her passing.
