28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
The Uprising
director: Peter Snowdon
original title: The Uprising
country: Belgium, United Kingdom
year: 2013
running time: 78 min.
synopsis
Consisting of amateur video footage of the Arab Spring uploaded onto YouTube, this documentary presents seven days of the uprising, captured from the inside. Blurry but unfiltered images of protestors, brutal police crackdowns, and destroyed cities show that the best way to understand chaos is to be a part of it.
When the cameraman asks a man standing on the street to describe the events of recent days, he answers, “This is the real Egypt. Before, we were living somewhere else. We are all pilgrims, emigrants, exiles.”
more about film
director: | Peter Snowdon |
producer: | Bruno Tracq, Andrew McVicar, Duane Hopkins, Samm Haillay |
script: | Bruno Tracq, Peter Snowdon |
editing: | Peter Snowdon, Bruno Tracq |
music: | Olivier Touche |
sound: | Olivier Touche |