Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician (2011)

Original title

تحرير 2011 : الطيب و الشرس و السياسي

Directed by

Amr Salama, Ahmad Abdalla

Genre

documentary film, anthology film

Country

Egypt

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary uses real footage and interviews from the 2011 Egyptian protests. It looks at the protesters, the police, and former president Hosni Mubarak through different perspectives.

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What happens

Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Politician (Arabic: تحرير 2011: الطيب والشرس والسياسي) is an Egyptian documentary directed by Tamer Ezzat, Ahmad Abdalla, Ayten Amin and Amr Salama. The film is divided in three parts covering respectively the protesters, the police forces and a profile of Hosni Mubarak by several political figures. The film mixes interviews and real footage from the demonstrations. It premiered at 68th Venice International Film Festival as an out of competition feature film and the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in the Mavericks section. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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