Alison Millar
Lyra
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Lyra

Lyra

Alison Millar

2022
92 min.
Ireland and United Kingdom
English
Subtitles: Catalan

In 2019 the investigative journalist and LGBTQ+ activist Lyra McKee was murdered by the new IRA. The film looks into the motives for her tragic death.

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Show
Direction
Alison Millar
Executive Production
Erica Starling Productions Ltd
Synopsis

On 17 April 2019 Lyra McKee was murdered in the city of Derry (Ireland) by the new IRA. She was only 29. Lyra was a celebrated Northern Irish investigative journalist and LGTBIQ+ activist who had the courage to ask the uncomfortable questions that no one in her country seemed willing to ask. Torn by the structural conflict in her homeland, Lyra was never held back by fear, convinced that ending the violence was possible. "I'm working on a story that involves asking myself questions about dangerous people". From this statement, Alison Millar's documentary explores Lyra's life and tragic death with an emphasis on her brilliant journalistic career, her human values and her deep love for Ireland. Awarded at Sheffield 2022.

About the direction
Alison Millar

Alison Millar

Directora

Alison Millar is one of the U.K. and Ireland's most respected documentary filmmakers. She is a BAFTA...

Awards and festivals

DocsBarcelona - Amnesty International of Catalonia
Spain, 2023
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
Regne Unit, 2022
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Estats Units, 2023
Irish Film and Television Awards
Regne Unit, 2022
Belfast Film Festival
Regne Unit, 2021
Alison Millar
Lyra
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Reviews

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.

— Paul Whitington · Irish Independent

(...) 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.

— Dan Einav · Financial Times

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.

— Chris Wasser · Sunday Independent (Ireland)