Square
Pulses with an immediacy that will leave you simultaneously enlightened and stunned.
The Square
The Egyptian Revolution has been an ongoing rollercoaster over the past two and a half years. Through the news, we only get a glimpse of the bloodiest battle, an election, or a million man march. At the beginning of July 2013, we witnessed the second president deposed within the space of three years.
THE SQUARE is an immersive experience, transporting the viewer deeply into the intense emotional drama and personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces: from a brutal army dictatorship willing to crush protesters with military tanks, to a corrupt Muslim Brotherhood using mosques to manipulate voters.
"WE GO TO THE SQUARE TO DISCOVER THAT WE LOVE LIFE OUTSIDE IT, AND TO DISCOVER THAT OUR LOVE FOR LIFE IS RESISTANCE."
A Directors Guild of America 2013 winner for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary.
An Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature.
THE SQUARE is an immersive experience, transporting the viewer deeply into the intense emotional drama and personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces: from a brutal army dictatorship willing to crush protesters with military tanks, to a corrupt Muslim Brotherhood using mosques to manipulate voters.
"WE GO TO THE SQUARE TO DISCOVER THAT WE LOVE LIFE OUTSIDE IT, AND TO DISCOVER THAT OUR LOVE FOR LIFE IS RESISTANCE."
A Directors Guild of America 2013 winner for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary.
An Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature.
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
104
Language
Arabic
Director
Jehane Noujaim
Awards:
Winner, Audience Award ~ World Cinema: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival
Winner, People’s Choice Award, Toronto International Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
A.O. Scott, New York Times
In the language of politics, “the people” is a great abstraction, an idea that can be invoked to justify noble projects and terrible crimes. “The Square,” Jehane Noujaim’s stunning new documentary, is partly about the contested status of the Egyptian people between the winter of 2011, when crowds of ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 11.01.13 - 11.07.13
Lumiere Music Hall 2.07.14 - 2.20.14
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