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'Enjoying poverty' in Congo
Jenifer Evans 11 Mar 2013
“I’ve been watching this film for three days and I haven’t been the same,” said Moukhtar...
Hinde Boujemma’s first feature-length documentary “Ya Man Aach” (It Was Better Tomorrow) offers an alternative account to the overriding socio-political narrative in post-revolution Tunisia.
An unconventional voice from the Tunisian revolution
Mohamed Beshir 08 Sep 2012
  VENICE –– “Ya Man Aach” (It Was Better Tomorrow), Hinde Boujemma’s first feature-...
“La Nave Dolce” (The Human Cargo) is the latest documentary by Italian director Daniele Vicari. It is screened in the Proiezioni Speciali section of The 69th Venice International Film Festival
'La Nave Dolce' documents hijacked ship's struggle for freedom
Mohamed Beshir 06 Sep 2012
VENICE — Late Italian screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, a main contributor to the neorealist movement, once said:...
Director Abdel Messeeh’s mother and the film’s producer, Siham, tours the village with a bullhorn to tell actors about the filming schedule.
The Virgin, the Copts and Us: Film shatters stereotypes with ingenuity
Mohamed Beshir 30 Jul 2012
Following its award-winning spree at the Third Doha Tribeca Film Festival, the 2012 Berlinale and the 15th Ismailia...
Humorous, brave, sacrificing and steadfast: The revolution ‘as seen by the other’
Ramy Abdel Razik 28 Jun 2012
ISMAILIA — Among the featured programs at the 15th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentary and Short...
A file photo of the BBC Arabic service.
BBC produces film on role of electronic media in Arab uprisings
Egypt Independent 17 Mar 2012
BBC Arabic announced on Saturday that it has produced a documentary film featuring the role of new media and social...
In "The Summit," Italian journalists Franco Fracassi and Camillo De Marco dissect the brutal crackdown of security forces on anti-globalization protests at the G8 summit in Gonoa, Italy in June 2001. 
‘The Summit’ offers Italian insights into Egypt’s revolution
Heba Afify 22 Feb 2012
As the brutality of police and military forces against protesters has increased across the Arab World over the past...
'The Well,' caught between tradition and progress
Andre Fecteau 22 Feb 2012
Ask about ideas of progress in Egypt and you’ll commonly hear: malls and villas away from downtown Cairo,...
A scene from director Mourad Ben Cheikh's documentary "No More Fear"
Arab Spring films revive days of revolt in Egypt and Tunisia
Reuters 13 Dec 2011
The first cinematic output covering protests in Egypt and Tunsia this year recreates the euphoria of revolutions that...
Images of violence from "Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician" resonate with current events.
It’s not over yet
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim 04 Dec 2011
  A couple of hours before the screening of the documentary “Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the...