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The Square
Documentary · 2013
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
The sides of The Square
- Young activists in Cairo's Tahrir Square
- The fall of Mubarak and what came after
- Protesters facing the army
The Square is good for you if…
- you want to be in Tahrir Square with the people who filled it.
- you like seeing a revolution struggle against the army and the Brotherhood.
- you like history filmed as it happened.
The Square is bad for you if…
- you won't read subtitles.
- you need a revolution story that ends in victory.
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