The Square

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Review: The Square
Rating: 5 out of 5
Release Year: October, 2013
Length: 1h 48 min.
Genre: Documentary
Main Cast: Khalid Abdallah, Dina Abdullah,Magdy Ashour, Sherif Boray, Aida Elkashef, Ramy Essam, Ahmed Hassan, Bothaina Kamel, etc.
Director: Jehane Noujaim

Synopsis: We are taken back to 2011 when the Revolution in Egypt had begun, also known as The Arab Spring. We see, the rise and fall of political leaders, and we get a perpective from: Ahmed who is one of the leaders (idealist), Magdy a member of the brotherhood, and Khalid and egyptian actor who return to his homeland. Not to mention, this film may be very triggering and uncomfortable to watch because of graphic images.

Review: "This is a beautiful and electric documentary that captures so vividly both the rapture at the heart of the Tahrir Square protesters...and the sense of betrayal...the Army backlash and subsequent Muslim Brotherhood..."(Patrick Nabarro on Rotten Tomatoes). It is a political documentary but outside of that we can see how mediums like Youtube and Skype made a difference. These mediums acted as a catalyst on raising awareness to an audience outside of Egypt.

Despite the fact that there were no proffessional camera crews and most of this film was documented with a canon7 camera, this film is clear enough to still be focused on what's going on. Transitions are also done well. The two hours I spent on this film went by faster and I didn't even relaize it. Before watching this I had no idea of the Arab Spring, or the muslim brotherhood and I also was oblivious to all the injustice that were going on through this revolution. I believe this film did a great job depicting this events and how all of them are connected. I enjoyed watching this film and I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know more about the Arab Spring.