Never Look Away

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Never Look Away

2024

1h 25m

Documentary

Biography

War

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45 Reviews

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CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth fearlessly captures footage of war zones. After receiving catastrophic injuries in the crosshairs of battle, she returns to work with more courage than ever. An intimate portrait of a trailblazing female photojournalist.

Critics Consensus

Director Lucy Lawless acquits herself terrifically as a documentarian with this impressive first feature, helped along by an indomitable subject who proves impossible to look away from.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

11/27/2024

4/5

This documentary about her life, directed by the actor Lucy Lawless, is a fascinating portrait of a woman who had two mottoes: “no regrets” and “don’t be boring”.

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Christian Zilko

IndieWire

11/22/2024

B+

More than anything, it tells a human story about someone who understood herself well enough to live the exact life she wanted while accepting every consequence that came with it.

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Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

11/22/2024

3/4

While [Lawless] only scratches the surface of Moth's traumatic past, "Never Look Away" still stands as a formidable anti-war project.

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Heidy Morales

Hye's Musings

04/25/2025

As a story about a captivating and interesting individual who worked in some of the most dangerous parts of the world, 'Never Look Away' provides a good balance in terms of the personal and the professional sides of Margaret Moth.

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Liam Maguren

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

01/15/2025

Intimate, informative, and impactful, Never Look Away sits comfortably in a stable of films that get into the minds of camerapeople drawn to subjects all-too-often safeguarded from wider society.

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Beth Accomando

KPBS.org

12/19/2024

For a first time director, Lawless tackles the material with both assurance and a bold creativity.

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Jacquelyn J

@RT93934359 01/28/2025

If we had more Women like this in the US, we would not still be fighting for rights over our ovaries

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Synopsis

CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth fearlessly captures footage of war zones. After receiving catastrophic injuries in the crosshairs of battle, she returns to work with more courage than ever. An intimate portrait of a trailblazing female photojournalist.

Director: Lucy Lawless
Producer: Matthew Metcalfe, Tom Blackwell, Lucy Lawless
Screenwriter: Lucy Lawless, Matthew Metcalfe, Tom Blackwell, Whetham Allpress
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: New Zealand Film Commission, GFC Films
Genre: Documentary, Biography, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 22, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2024
Runtime: 1h 25m