IRFF25 Mrs Robinson

Mrs Robinson tells the impressive life story of change-maker Mary Robinson: Ireland’s first female President, a pioneering UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the successor of Nelson Mandela as Chair of The Elders. This intimate portrait of Mary Robinson from director Aoife Kelleher (One Million Dubliners) takes viewers from Mary Robinson’s childhood in Mayo in the rural west of Ireland to the world stage working with Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama. Unfettered access for the first time allows the viewer to hear Mary’s commentary on a changing Ireland, her legal wins decriminalising homosexuality, legalising divorce and contraception and her triumphant Presidential victory. It also tracks the lows of her decision to leave the Presidency early and her duping by the Dubai royal family over the Princess Latifa affair. Mrs Robinson is an inspiring story about female leadership, human rights activism and climate action. At 81 years of age, Mary Robinson has lost none of her spark and this doco captures her integrity and her passion for life.