THE 8TH (94 mins, 2020) traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the 8th Amendment, a constitutional ban on abortion enacted in 1983. Post-screening discussion: director Aideen Kane, activist Ailbhe Smyth, and Melissa Murray (NYU Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network). Moderated by Anna McCarthy (Chair, NYU Cinema Studies)
