In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution

During the film's HBO broadcast premiere, one year to the day after the beginning of the protest that changed the world, we are honored to screen In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution by DCTV and Emmy-winning documentary filmmakers, Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill.

In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution brings viewers into the streets of Cairo to experience first-hand what began as a small, peaceful demonstration and quickly grew into a revolutionary movement that would bring down a regime that had ruled for 30 years, forcing the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

At the center of In Tahrir Square is young Egyptian-American journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous, who leads cameras into Tahrir and provides insightful accounts of those tense days. His tweets and live reporting attracted international attention.

Jon Alpert & Matthew O'Neill | 2011 | 38 min

Post-Screening Q&A

Directors/Producers Jon Alpert & Matthew O'Neill's previous HBO projects include the Emmy-winning Baghdad ER; the Emmy-nominated Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq and Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery; the Academy Award-nominated China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province; and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award-winning Wartorn: 1861-2010.

Producer Jacqueline Soohen is an award-winning filmmaker with more than ten years of experience making social documentaries that emphasize global justice. Her films include Fallujah and Shocking and Awful, which were featured in the 2006 Whitney Biennial.

Independent journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous is now based in Cairo, and is currently a fellow at The Nation Institute and a correspondent for Democracy Now!.

Moderator Amy Goodman is an investigative journalist, syndicated columnist, author and the host of Democracy Now!, an independent news hour.

Tickets

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