Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man

Irish republican leader, Gerry Adams is one of the most controversial political leaders and visionaries of our time, he led the people of the North of Ireland from conflict to peace, (1968-1994). Adams was a critical voice in the decision taken independently by the IRA to lay down their arms after their twenty-five-year war against the British. Imprisoned and shot, he was demonized and censored by dominant media as a subversive and terrorist – yet in the end the British and their allies were forced to recognize his legitimacy and negotiate with him and his party Sinn Féin, the Irish peace accord, ‘The Good Friday Agreement’. Today he is an elder statesman supporting the next generations on their peaceful and inclusive path toward Irish unity. An intensely private man protecting his family from the public eye, this is the first time, he tells his story. Interwoven with his words, a wealth of imagery of what is one of the most documented conflicts of our time giving an insight into Adams’ world, relaxed, informal, and uncensored.