Details
$10—21 (inclusive of fees) 92 minutes, followed by panel and receptionDate(s)
Tue, Apr 4, 2023
6:30pm
Contact
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Phone hours:
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In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Location
Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC
Overview
Lyra (Leer-rah)
An intimate and uncompromising portrait of Lyra McKee, the 29-year-old Northern Irish investigative journalist who was murdered by the New IRA the day before Good Friday, 2019. Directed by her close friend, BAFTA-winning Alison Millar, the film seeks to make sense of McKee’s death and the significance it came to hold for the country. Through a rich archive of audio recordings, field notes and interviews with those who knew her, Lyra tells the story of a life fearlessly committed to truth and justice for forgotten crimes.
Following the screening, journalist Maeve Higgins will moderate a conversation with Hume Foundation board member and Lyra’s partner, Sara Canning, director Alison Millar and producer Jackie Doyle.
"The voice of the ceasefire generation"—Laura Hassan, editor, Faber and Faber
“Northern Ireland is a beautiful tragedy, strangled by the chains of its past and its present. It’s a place full of darkness and mysteries. It’s also my home.”—Lyra McKee, investigative journalist
92 mins, Ireland-UK, 2022, Digital, F-Rated
WINNER
Audience Award
CORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Tim Hetherington Award
SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
Best Film - GEX DOC
GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL
Best International Documentary
SOLIDARITY HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
Our Supporters
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