Never Look Away – The Lucy Lawless directed documentary about journalist Margaret Moth gets a UK premiere

Margaret Moth appears in Never Look Away by Lucy Lawless, an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

A swashbuckling CNN combat camerawoman and trailblazing female icon; the unbelievable, yet entirely true, story of award-winning journalist, Margaret Moth, is brought to vivid light by acclaimed actress and activist, Lucy Lawless, in her directorial debut.

The powerful new feature documentary, Never Look Away, will have its UK Premiere at Sundance Film Festival London on 7-8 June, featuring Q&As with Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess, Ash vs Evil Dead) making her directorial debut.

You can read our review here.

An inspirational and unflinching biography, which includes both testimonials from the people who knew and worked with Moth, and dramatic footage from the war zones she covered, Never Look Away delves into the life and work of an incredible woman, a true pioneer 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.

Never Look Away has its UK Premiere + Q&A at Sundance Film Festival London on Friday 7 June 6.15pm at Picturehouse Central. Additional Screening + Q&A Saturday 8 June 12pm.