Channel 4 has made a film about the life and death of "trailblazing" investigative journalist Lyra McKee - who was shot dead in 2019. Ms McKee, 29, was murdered while observing riots in the Creggan area on April 18, with an extremist group styling itself as the New IRA previously claiming responsibility.
The intimate film, titled Lyra, has been made by Bafta-award winning documentarian and close friend Alison Millar - who salvaged voice recordings from Lyra's Dictaphone so she could narrate her own story. The film will see Lyra growing up in 90s Belfast, using text messages and home video footage as well as intimate access to her mother, sister and partner to capture their grief and quest for justice in the days and months following Lyra's death.
Director Ms Millar said: "Lyra's death was, to many, a sharp puncture to the future of a country trying to move beyond its past. I hope this documentary will introduce a new audience to Lyra and her work.
