Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini

2020 • Directed by

Kevin de la Isla O'Neill

Documentary, Drama

The true and forgotten story of Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor to Ireland, who shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range as she faced a Fascist mob in Rome in 1926. The film looks at how she almost changed the course of history and the enormous personal price she paid.