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The Square

Jehane Noujaim 2013
USA/Egypt | Arabic with English subtitles | 104 minutes

Director Jehane Noujaim in person for Q&A!

Filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (Control Room) and her crew spent 20 months shooting in Tahrir Square during the popular uprising against Hosni Mubarak, whose overthrow resulted in the inauguration of Arab Spring. For much of that time, Noujaim was in danger - they were regularly threatened and at one point she was arrested and temporarily "disappeared". From hundreds of hours of footage, she and her editors crafted this tense, vivid verité portrait of events as they unfolded through the eyes of several regular participants – one member of the Muslim Brotherhood and four liberals, one of whom, Khalid Abdalla, has acted in films like Green Zone and The Kite Runner. The Square was one of the triumphs of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. But, given the rapidly unfolding events in Egypt, Noujaim has returned to Egypt, shot much more footage, and prepared a revised version of The Square - cinema catching up with history-in-the-making. 

Series: NYFF51: Official Selection

Venue: Walter Reade Theater

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