PRESENTS
NEVER LOOK AWAY
by lucy lawless
official selections
sundance film festival
south by southwest (sxsw)
For Immediate Release – Films We Like has acquired Canadian distribution rights to Never Look Away, the directorial debut of actress Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess). Lawless’s unflinching documentary delves into the life and work of swashbuckling CNN combat camerawoman, Margaret Moth, and the personal challenges she faced.
Margaret Moth was an award-winning journalist known for her tireless work to capture catastrophic events and atrocities on film, no matter the risk. After her first assignment to cover the riots that followed Gandhi's assassination in India, she would go on to travel to the heart of the most dangerous conflicts in the world including the Persian Gulf War, the Bosnian War and the 2006 Lebanon War.
However, underneath her fearless persona, candid interviews with colleagues and family reveal a self-destructive and emotionally fraught woman who would struggle when anything got in the way of her appetite for adrenaline and efforts to document the worst of humanity.
RUNNING TIME: 85 minutes
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: New Zealand, 2023
LANGUAGE English and French
MEDIA CONTACT: Mercy Lam mercy@filmswelike.com
PRESS MATERIALS: Further information
About Films We Like
Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include The Monk and the Gun, The Settlers and Fallen Leaves.