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"Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” recounts the
former Democractic Representative's journey since she was
seriously wounded in an attack at a gathering of constituents in
Tucson, Arizona in January 2011 in which six people were killed.
Giffords stepped down from Congress after sustaining a serious
head injury and has since become a leading activist for gun
restrictions in the United States.
"Move ahead, do not look back. Fight, fight, fight everyday,”
she told Reuters about her mission to end gun violence despite a
recent rash of mass shootings in the United States, including at
a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois and at an
elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
The documentary includes an interview with former U.S. president
Barack Obama, footage filmed during Giffords' recovery and an
intimate look at her marriage to former astronaut and now
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly.
It was directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West, known for their
2018 Oscar-nominated film about late U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
"Gabby is yet another strong woman that we've had the
opportunity to film and I would say really one of the most
inspiring," West said.Asked what the film's message was,
Giffords, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the
White House last week, said: "For me it has been really
important to move ahead, to not look back.
"I hope others are inspired to keep moving forward no matter
what.""Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down" is released in U.S.
theatres on Friday.
(Reporting by Alicia Powell, Editing by William Maclean)
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