‘It’s better to go down fighting’: the extraordinary life of murdered journalist Lyra McKee

Lyra McKee in a still from Alison Millar’s award-winning documentary Lyra. Photograph: PR

There is a scene in Alison Millar’s film about Lyra McKee, the murdered Northern Irish journalist, where she interviews supporters of a man charged with involvement in the killing. They cluster outside a courthouse shouting insults at police. It is cold and wet. Some men in the crowd shield their faces but two women speak openly to the camera.

Like a daughter … Alison Millar and Lyra McKee. Photograph: Courtesy of Alison Millar