Six women directors follow female journalists who courageously and tirelessly work in their field despite a myriad of threats and challenges.

Synopsis

When journalists are constantly under threat, what drives these women to do their jobs?

VELVET REVOLUTION profiles women journalists who have paid a high price for speaking truth to power. The film includes the testimonies of women journalists from Bangladesh, Cameroon, India , Philippines, Afghanistan, Syria, United Kingdom and Azerbaijan. “I did not want to be a war correspondent... but the war came to my door-step” says award winning Syrian journalist, Zaina Erhaim, now living in exile in southern Turkey.