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The Square, a.k.a Al Midan, is a look at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt's new democracy. On June 30, 2013, millions join forces in the square to demand President Mohamed Morsi’s resignation.

Genre:

History, Drama, Documentary

Actors:

Ahmed Hassan, Khalid Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam, Buthayna Kamel, Aida Elkashef, Ragia Omran, Pierre Sioufi, Dana Abed

Director:

Jehane Noujaim

Country:

United Kingdom, Egypt, United States

Release:

2013

IMDb:

8.0

Quality:

Duration:

108 min

Seattle Times

The camera becomes a revolutionary: running, chasing, breathlessly jittery, up in the face of interrogators.

January 16, 2014

Canada.com

What does a revolution really feel like? You learn the answer in The Square, an extraordinary documentary that puts its cameras on the ground to take us in the heart of the troubled, betrayed, idealistic and sad movement for democracy in Egypt.

March 06, 2014

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Nonfics

Nothing short of literature

June 05, 2014

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Globe and Mail

If the resulting film is unwieldy - five editors, five "additional editors," and six assistant editors are credited - it also brims with angry urgency.

January 17, 2014

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Common Sense Media

Unflinching, violent but excellent docu on Arab Spring.

March 13, 2014

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NPR

If, like me, you watched all this on TV, the ongoing turmoil began to feel like a distant, abstract blur. Noujaim takes us inside this history by centering on three protesters, each from a different background.

January 13, 2014

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Newcity

Jehane Noujaim's ground-level account of the Arab Spring from 2011 to mid-2013 in Cairo's Tahrir Square has heart, wit, poetry and fire.

April 07, 2014

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Washington Post

Epitomizes nonfiction film not just as a way to deepen knowledge and understanding, but also as an art form.

January 16, 2014

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Boston Globe

What does a revolution feel like from the inside? I'm not sure we'll ever get closer than "The Square," an electrifying, at times heartbreaking documentary from the Egypt-born, Harvard-educated documentarian Jehane Noujaim.

January 16, 2014

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East Bay Express

One of the very best documentaries of 2013.

February 14, 2014

Washington City Paper

While it's significant as a historical document, The Square, simply by existing, also reminds us of how new media has begun to transform the way the world witnesses war and oppression.

April 16, 2014

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Denver Post

Noujaim's film attests to how quickly joyous weeping in the streets gave way to sectarian arguments over the army's role and fissures in promising alliances.

February 14, 2014

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