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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.
If the resulting film is unwieldy - five editors, five "additional editors," and six assistant editors are credited - it also brims with angry urgency.
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.
While it's significant as a historical document, The Square, simply by existing, also reminds us of how new media has begun to transform the way the world witnesses war and oppression.
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.
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.
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
Seattle Times
The camera becomes a revolutionary: running, chasing, breathlessly jittery, up in the face of interrogators.
January 16, 2014
Washington Post
Epitomizes nonfiction film not just as a way to deepen knowledge and understanding, but also as an art form.