Lyra

dir. Alison Millar 2022 Ireland, UK 94 min.
2022 – IDFA Amsterdam, 2022 – Belfast IFF
A personal portrait of the life and death of journalist and queer activist Lyra Mckee, who was murdered by the New IRA while covering the Derry riots

Born into the “ceasefire baby” generation of Northern Ireland, Lyra McKee was a dedicated journalist and queer activist. She was gunned down while covering a riot in Derry at the age of 29. The film is an intimate examination of “post-conflict” Northern Ireland twenty-five years after the Good Friday Agreements.

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