Lyra

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Lyra

2022

1h 32m

Documentary

Biography

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Raised in working-class, war-torn Belfast, Lyra went on to highlight the consequences of the Troubles, seeking justice for crimes that had been forgotten since the Good Friday Agreement. Her murder by dissident Republicans the day before Good Friday in 2019 sent shockwaves across the world. Using hours of voice recordings from Lyra's own mobile, computer and Dictaphone the documentary, which won the Audience Award at the Cork Film Festival, seeks answers to her senseless killing through Lyra’s own work and words. The result is a complex picture of Northern Ireland's political history, bringing into sharp focus the ways in which the 1998 Good Friday agreement -- with its promised end to violence for future generations -- has struggled to be fully realized.

Julia Raeside

The Times (UK)

Apr 25, 2023

A profound and careful feature documentary...

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Anthony France

London Evening Standard

Apr 17, 2023

5/5

This documentary about murdered journalist Lyra McKee is so sad. It comes from nowhere to rip out your soul.

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Dan Einav

Financial Times

Apr 14, 2023

4/5

... A tribute that feels both personal and vital — as much an introduction to an extraordinary person as it is an elegiac reflection on a life violently cut short.

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Chris Wasser

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Nov 10, 2022

4/5

It's a wonderfully crafted piece of work that, through Lyra's journalistic endeavours, allows this talented writer to tell her own story. Essential viewing.

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Paul Whitington

Irish Independent

Oct 21, 2022

Alison Millar’s documentary refuses to focus on McKee’s martyrdom and instead gives us a sense of who she really was... What emerges is a picture of a dynamic, talented, caring woman who had so much more to say.

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Raised in working-class, war-torn Belfast, Lyra went on to highlight the consequences of the Troubles, seeking justice for crimes that had been forgotten since the Good Friday Agreement. Her murder by dissident Republicans the day before Good Friday in 2019 sent shockwaves across the world. Using hours of voice recordings from Lyra's own mobile, computer and Dictaphone the documentary, which won the Audience Award at the Cork Film Festival, seeks answers to her senseless killing through Lyra’s own work and words. The result is a complex picture of Northern Ireland's political history, bringing into sharp focus the ways in which the 1998 Good Friday agreement -- with its promised end to violence for future generations -- has struggled to be fully realized.

Director: Alison Millar
Producer: Jackie Doyle, Alison Millar
Production Co: Northern Ireland Screen, Erica Starling Productions
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 32m

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