A new Netflix documentary charting the rise and fall of John Z DeLorean shows how the iconic car featured in the Back to Future movies gave Belfast hope during the height of the Troubles.
And the three-part miniseries also gives a glimpse into the despair felt by many in Northern Ireland when the DeLorean Motor Company collapsed - and the DMC DeLorean factory in Belfast closed in 1982, just a year after its long delayed assembly lines finally opened.
That same year, Mr DeLorean would be charged by the US government with trafficking cocaine after he was recorded by undercover federal agents agreeing to bankroll a $24 million cocaine smuggling plot in an apparent bid to save his DMC company from insolvency. He was acquitted of all charges after he successfully argued that the FBI and DEA had unfairly targeted and illegally entrapped him.
