TAHRIR 2011: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE POLITICIAN / TAMER EZZAT/AYTEN AMIN & AMR SALAMA
The world was riveted by the revolution on the streets of Cairo in January 2011, which ended in the arrest and trial of President Hosni Mubarak. This documentary, one of the first to come out of Egypt and picked up by all the major western film festivals, presents the events as seen through the eyes of three filmmakers, each of whom focuses on them a particular angle: The demonstrations in Tahrir Square, police brutality and political corruption.
Director: Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama
Film showing: May 12, 2012
Awards: Best documentary at Oslo Films From the South Festival, UNESCO Human Rights Award.
Previously shown at the: Toronto International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival
RT: 90 mins
The world was riveted by the revolution on the streets of Cairo in January 2011, which ended in the arrest and trial of President Hosni Mubarak. This documentary, one of the first to come out of Egypt and picked up by all the major western film festivals, presents the events as seen through the eyes of three filmmakers, each of whom focuses on them a particular angle: The demonstrations in Tahrir Square, police brutality and political corruption.
Director: Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama
Film showing: May 12, 2012
Awards: Best documentary at Oslo Films From the South Festival, UNESCO Human Rights Award.
Previously shown at the: Toronto International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival
RT: 90 mins
The world was riveted by the revolution on the streets of Cairo in January 2011, which ended in the arrest and trial of President Hosni Mubarak. This documentary, one of the first to come out of Egypt and picked up by all the major western film festivals, presents the events as seen through the eyes of three filmmakers, each of whom focuses on them a particular angle: The demonstrations in Tahrir Square, police brutality and political corruption.
Director: Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama
Film showing: May 12, 2012
Awards: Best documentary at Oslo Films From the South Festival, UNESCO Human Rights Award.
Previously shown at the: Toronto International Film Festival, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival
RT: 90 mins
