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Thu Dec 6
7 pm
Tahrir: Liberation Square at UWM Union Theatre
Sped to its première screening only six months after Hosni Mubarak resigned as Egyptian president on February 11, 2011, Tahrir: Liberation Square is a lively, messy document of the 2011 Egyptian uprising, offering immersion into the Tahrir Square protests rather than any larger perspective. Directed by Italian filmmaker Stefano Savona, who also shot the film, Tahrir: Liberation Square keeps to the titular downtown Cairo gathering site as more and more protestors assemble, as violence erupts, and hope for the future builds. It’s an exhilarating, though unfocused, look at how the country reached its tipping point, one that feels unfiltered in ways both good and bad. It’s a collection of striking images rather than a considered whole.
UWM Union Theatre 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
Sped to its première screening only six months after Hosni Mubarak resigned as Egyptian president on February 11, 2011, Tahrir: Liberation Square is a lively, messy document of the 2011 Egyptian uprising, offering immersion into the Tahrir Square protests rather than any larger perspective. Directed by Italian filmmaker Stefano Savona, who also shot the film, Tahrir: Liberation Square keeps to the titular downtown Cairo gathering site as more and more protestors assemble, as violence erupts, and hope for the future builds. It’s an exhilarating, though unfocused, look at how the country reached its tipping point, one that feels unfiltered in ways both good and bad. It’s a collection of striking images rather than a considered whole.
Updated 11/26/2012
