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The Square
2013 · Film · documentary · 88 min
Directed by Jehane Noujaim
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
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Here's the link to the Netflix documentary -
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Square/70268449
It's not yet available to public but you can watch the trailer and save it to your list.
To be clear - The Square wasn't created by Netflix. The Square is an independent documentary started a few years ago, boosted with a successful Kickstarter (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/noujaimfilms/the-square-a-film-about-the-egyptian-revolution) last year, and finally picked up by Netflix. That said, much credit goes to Netflix for recognizing and promoting independent documentaries.