In Detail

The film includes never-before-seen footage shot by Rushdie’s wife, the American poet, novelist and visual artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths, in the time following the attack offering a graphic, unflinching and deeply intimate account of his remarkable recovery and optimism for the future.

Directed by Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney, ‘Knife’ is inspired by Rushdie’s bestselling memoir ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’.

“Don’t look away from this staggeringly intimate doc” – IndieWire. “Compelling and immersive” - Screen Daily.

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