Alias Ruby Blade is the story of Kirsty Sword Gusmão - a distinguished human rights activist and former First Lady of Timor-Leste (East Timor). Once an aspiring documentary filmmaker, Kirsty instead became a revolutionary.

Prior to becoming the First Lady, Kirsty was known by the underground Timorese resistance in Jakarta by the nom-de-guerre Ruby Blade. As Ruby Blade, Kirsty became a courier, shuttling correspondence in and out of the notorious Cipinang Prison in Jakarta where the enigmatic leader of the resistance, warrior-poet Xanana Gusmão, was serving life in prison for his revolutionary activities. Through correspondence, they fell in love. Ultimately, together they would foster the tumultuous birth of the world’s newest nation – Timor-Leste.

A powerful testament to the human capacity for hope to overcome fear, Alias Ruby Blade demonstrates that ordinary individuals, armed with little more than moral courage, can solve seemingly intractable violent conflicts. They have, in fact, the power to change the course of history.