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Football legend Sir Kenny Dalglish has relived the horrors of Hillsborough in a new film about his life.

The documentary, from Oscar-winning Asif Kapadia - director of acclaimed movies Senna, Amy and Diego Maradona - follows the Scot's journey from Celtic to Liverpool. But along with the ex-striker's incredible success and family life, it tackles the heartbreak of the Heysel and Hillsborough stadium disasters that marred 1980s football.

Dalglish was Liverpool player-manager when a crush developed that would take the lives of 97 Liverpool fans before the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest in 1989. Alongside harrowing scenes, Dalglish, now 74, and former Reds team-mate Alan Hansen, 70, tell how they realised Reds fans were being crushed to death behind fences at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium.

Wife Marina Dalglish, 72, recounts their fear upon realising their son Paul, then just 12, had entered through the dangerous Leppings Lane end, and saying: "Kenny just please, please, please, find Paul."

Paul had got to safety, but many...

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