To Change the Script: Alan McBride, Gerry Adams, and Five Minutes of Heaven

An essay noting the depiction of trauma in the film Five Minutes of Heaven and the healing actions of WAVE, as well as the author's own meetings with Gerry Adams. Metres begins with a talk given by Alan McBride and Joe Griffin on the thirty-year conflict that took place in Northern Ireland and the grieving still taking place there. Metresthen goes on to analyze the film, using quotes from both the real people depicted in the film and scholars.