The award winning feature documentary about Vicky Phelan has been given a cinema release date and will hit Irish theatres on Friday, October 7.
The film, simply titled Vicky, charts the 48 year old campaigner's fight to expose the truth of the CervicalCheck scandal as well as her personal fight to stay alive.
In 2018, Vicky gave a now famous speech on the steps of The High Court, exposing the cervical cancer debacle, one of the most prominent women's health scandals in Irish history.
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The documentary feature is described as a "profound and intimate journey" by Vicky and was voted Best Irish Documentary by the Dublin Film Critics Circle at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival.
Vicky was also nominated for an Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) Human Rights Award at the festival.
The film was produced by Sasha King, Bill Snodgrass and Vicky Phelan with the support of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland.
CervicalCheck was recently accused of “rewriting history” by more than 221 affected patients after a 'Guide to talking about cervical screening' was issued by CervicalCheck to the media, broadcasters, commentators and academics.
The group has taken issue with the statement in the guide that "no lives were put at risk by doctors not informing patients of the results of the audit" and that the non-communication of the CervicalCheck audit results "did not impact the treatment or care of the people concerned".
221+ said: "This guide document sets out the events of that time and since to be that women were either not informed or badly informed about their clinical audit result."
CervicalCheck said in a statement that it had issued a media guide as part of its work to increase public understanding of cervical screening.
It said it would never wish to add to the distress or trauma of anyone affected by cervical cancer, especially the people in the 221+ group which it works very well with.
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