The 34th

The battle to extend marriage equality to same-sex couples in Ireland is recounted in this moving documentary, which follows some of the key players in the movement. With a keen focus on the women of the story, in particular Katharine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan who brought the first challenge to court, this is a zesty portrait of what happens when love meets tireless determination. It’s easy to forget how different the political landscape was even very recently (archive footage showing the ecstatic atmosphere following the referendum that put same-sex marriage into the Irish constitutio...