Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical film Belfast, is about a young boy growing up in the city in the late 1960s as the Troubles began, and how he and his family, eventually decided to go to England.

Branagh’s family left Belfast to move to England when he was nine-years-old and we want to hear from people who left Belfast during the 60s and 70s and find out what their experience was like. When did you leave and why? How did you and your family feel about leaving? What does it feel like when you go back? How do you feel about the decision looking back now?

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