A student activist in Iran’s 1979 revolution that overthrew the dictatorial Shah, Nahid Persson Sarvestani fled to Sweden with her baby after Islamists seized power and began persecuting leftists who had been their revolutionary allies. Three decades later, prompted by brutal crackdowns on protests in Iran and long-suppressed guilt for abandoning a younger brother to imprisonment and death, the internationally acclaimed filmmaker locates and reunites with five women who were tortured in the jails she so narrowly escaped. Now living in exile, they share gripping yet dignified accounts of their experiences and what sustained them during horrible ordeals. With their support, Sarvestani finally finds answers to haunting questions about her brother’s last days. Shifting skillfully between present and past, My Stolen Revolution is a powerful testament to the survivors’ unbroken spirit, an eye-opening look at the history of Iran and a potent reminder of the repression and injustices inside Iran today.