The 8th (2021)

Directed by

Lucy Kennedy, Aideen Kane, Maeve O'Boyle

Genre

documentary

Country

United States, Ireland

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the campaign to remove a constitutional amendment in Ireland that restricted abortion access. It shows the people working to change the law and the public debate around their efforts.

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What happens

The 8th is a 2020 documentary film about the campaign to repeal the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which gave equal rights to the lives of a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Consequently, the repeal of this amendment repealed the ban on abortion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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