(seb) Independent Film Series: How to Start a Revolution
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 · 7 - 9 PM
Join us at our new time and first film in this Spring's Independent Film Series. We're really excited to have this film since it just came out and we're looking forward to a great discussion afterwards facilitated by Dr. David Lansing from the GES Department.
This screening is completely free and open to the public.
[About the film]
"To make this film our director (Ruaridh Arrow pictured above) slept overnight in Tahrir Square in Cairo at the height of the February revolution. He’s met the leaders of the Syrian pro-democracy movement and the people responsible for overthrowing dictators in Serbia and Ukraine. He has spent time with Gene and his colleagues as they spread their message of effective non-violent revolution.
The film reveals how the leaders of an uprising in one country train the participants in the next and how social media now threatens dictators and tyrants around the world in ways that were unimaginable just a decade ago."
[Accolades]
*Winner - Best Documentary Raindance Film Festival
*Winner - Best Documentary Boston Film Festival
*Winner - Mass Impact Award Boston Film Festival
*Winner - Best Documentary Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
*Winner - Special Jury Prize Ottawa One World Film Festival
*Official Selection New Orleans Middle East Film Festival
*Official Selection United Nations Association Film Festival
“Smart and timely” – Time Out
“Inspirational” –The Globe & Mail
"Moving... capturing the hearts of audiences." -Telegraph
[More information]
http://howtostartarevolutionfilm.com/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/172444007/how-to-start-a-revolution-a-new-documentary-film
This screening is completely free and open to the public.
[About the film]
"To make this film our director (Ruaridh Arrow pictured above) slept overnight in Tahrir Square in Cairo at the height of the February revolution. He’s met the leaders of the Syrian pro-democracy movement and the people responsible for overthrowing dictators in Serbia and Ukraine. He has spent time with Gene and his colleagues as they spread their message of effective non-violent revolution.
The film reveals how the leaders of an uprising in one country train the participants in the next and how social media now threatens dictators and tyrants around the world in ways that were unimaginable just a decade ago."
[Accolades]
*Winner - Best Documentary Raindance Film Festival
*Winner - Best Documentary Boston Film Festival
*Winner - Mass Impact Award Boston Film Festival
*Winner - Best Documentary Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
*Winner - Special Jury Prize Ottawa One World Film Festival
*Official Selection New Orleans Middle East Film Festival
*Official Selection United Nations Association Film Festival
“Smart and timely” – Time Out
“Inspirational” –The Globe & Mail
"Moving... capturing the hearts of audiences." -Telegraph
[More information]
http://howtostartarevolutionfilm.com/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/172444007/how-to-start-a-revolution-a-new-documentary-film